Last night and early this morning four more fire deaths were reported in Minnesota. These latest four tragedies combined with the four from earlier this week in a house fire in Pequot Lakes and three others from earlier this month have the Minnesota Fire Service reeling. Eleven fire deaths in less than 30 [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2006
A tough day for the Wayzata Fire Department
January 20, 2006 – 3:14 pm
Today, along with Fire Marshal Allen Nelson, Fire Inspector Tony Liddell, Firefighter Bill Beumer and Firefighter Jolin Tyler, I attended the funeral services for David “Cookie†Klapprich. Many Eden Prairie firefighters knew “Cookie†and probably almost every firefighter knows or has heard of his father, Paul. Paul has been the Chief of the [...]
Remodeling for the future
January 11, 2006 – 12:45 pm
A small scale remodeling project is underway at Fire Station #1. There are five areas of the structure that are going to be addressed.
First, we are expanding the area that currently houses the Fire Prevention staff, the Assistant Chiefs, the Administrative Assistant as well as my office. The refined space will [...]
A new class of recruits begins
January 6, 2006 – 10:54 am
After a lengthy process, twelve recruits are officially on their way to becoming fire fighters. Eleven of the recruits are pictured here, one was out of the Country on business. Last night was recruit orientation for this latest class. We are excited about this latest group of recruits as we make our way to an [...]
New Fire Boat under construction
January 4, 2006 – 4:45 pm
After more than 20 years we will be replacing our current fire boat with a new version. The new boat has more safety features like radar (for low visibility conditions, emergencies seem to happen when the weather is bad) and a bigger motor for operations in a swift water environment like the Minnesota River as [...]
