This sign, recently placed, announces the future construction of our newest fire station at the intersection of Dell Road and Linwood Court, as well as lets passers-by know that we are always looking for excellent new people to become members of our volunteer fire staff.
While our construction process has been delayed a few months, we [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Double Duty
October 26, 2005 – 3:41 pm
Public\Private Partnership
October 24, 2005 – 4:01 pm
This past weekend (Saturday) Applebees Restaurant held a pancake breakfast from 8:00 am until 10:00am. Almost 200 people attended the event, including Police Chief Dan Carlson, and 100% of the proceeds were donated to the Fire Department, about $1000.00.
Applebees came up with this idea and approached us for support. We provided a crew of firefighters [...]
A few more Open House Pictures
October 15, 2005 – 12:31 pm
This big event took a lot of pictures just to capture a little flavor of the day’s activities.
If you didn’t make it this year, come out next year and see it for yourself.
Fire and Police Open House 2005
October 15, 2005 – 11:04 am
An incredible amount of work goes into planning a carrying out the Annual Fire Prevention House. This year saw an added feature with our Police Department joining forces and conducting their open house as well.
Below are a few pictures of the various events and features included in this year’s Open House. I know my counterpart [...]
Fire Service Hands-On Experience for State Legislators
October 14, 2005 – 3:57 pm
This afternoon the Minnesota State Fire Chief’s Association had a small gathering of State Legislators take part in some hands-on experiences related to the fire service.
This is the first time we have tried this approach to get some real world experience to the policymakers in St. Paul.
There was a realistic car fire to extinguish and [...]
Ribbon Cutting Event
October 13, 2005 – 12:04 pm
Yesterday afternoon we participated in a ribbon cutting event for the newly moved Fire/EMS training center operated by Hennepin technical College. Almost all of our firefighters go through the center in one fashion or another to get their Firefighter 1 and 2 classroom and hands-on training. Additionally the College provides us [...]
