Today the National Weather Service issued a message to all Emergency Managers outlining the strong potential for severe weather in and around the Twin Cities area.
For fire and police this can mean a long stretch of responding to calls generated by the storms. Typical calls for the fire department range from downed [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2005
Another Sleepless Night?
June 29, 2005 – 5:33 pm
New Fire Trucks almost ready!
June 24, 2005 – 5:58 pm
Earlier this week Assistant Chief Steve Koering and Lieutenant Ward Parker took a trip to Ocala Florida to check up on the details of three new fire engines for our department. These new trucks represent the latest in technology as it relates to fire engines.
The new trucks will not only serve us well for the [...]
For Every Season A New Challenge
June 23, 2005 – 5:20 pm
Fighting fires is a challenging affair even in ideal conditions. When doing interior firefighting something called “Thermal Insult” is a big concern. In short it means taking more heat punishment to the body than it is built for. In heavy fire conditions this thermal insult can happen in short order and create firefighter safety issues. [...]
A Night in Hopkins
June 17, 2005 – 10:04 pm
I am writing this Blog from the fire station in Hopkins, Minnesota a neighboring city to Eden Prairie and a regular mutual aid partner.
Tonight a 6 person crew from Eden Prairie and a 5 person crew from Plymouth, Minnesota are covering calls for Hopkins while their firefighters attend the wedding of two of their firefighters. [...]
CERT Members at Schooner Days
June 14, 2005 – 4:45 pm
Mark Krueger our Volunteer Coordinator recently sent me an email from one of our CERT members who helped out at Schooner Days a few weekends ago. The CERT mission was to spread the word about what CERT is and the fact that we are recruiting now for a class this fall. But when [...]
Joint Operations in Action
June 10, 2005 – 12:21 pm
Several city Fire Departments in the Southwestern Suburbs have formed a joint Operations group. The purpose of the group is to jointly develop and refine how we conduct fire suppression operations. Our goal is to act as one big fire department when we are helping each other out at emergency scenes.
Yesterday afternoon both Edina and [...]
A Brand New Look
June 7, 2005 – 1:50 pm
Today is a groundbreaking date in Public Safety blogging. A joint Police and Fire blog. To prove the point you can click on the respective Chief and see the exact same blog on Police Chief Dan Carlson’s and Fire Chief George Esbensen’s blog
So what prompted the use of a joint blog? What is so darn [...]
Red Lake Fire - Safety Camp
June 1, 2005 – 5:22 pm
Last week I headed up to Red Lake with three other members of the fire department: Fire Inspectors Chuck Schaitberger, Tony Liddell and Scott Taylor.
We were invited to participate in their Annual Safety Camp. This is a one day event that runs from 10:00 am until lunch is served at noon. Like the Safety Camp [...]
