Last weekend the Fire Department along with our Police Department’s ERU team conducted joint training. The training was highly successful and covered a broad range of potential situations where firefighters and ERU members would need to work together to rescue victims.
In the picture included with this blog, firefighters are receiving a protective escort from [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2006
Joint ERU & Fire Department Training
March 31, 2006 – 1:11 pm
New Technology for Ice Rescue
March 28, 2006 – 11:59 am
For the past few weeks we have been conducting Ice Rescue training on our area lakes. This is a good time of year for the training, the ice is generally not as thick and the temperatures are a little more moderate.
This year we are testing a new technology that allows the rescuers to [...]
CERT members Get SkyWarn Training
March 9, 2006 – 9:16 am
Almost 40 members of our CERT program showed up last night to get some SkyWarn Training. Our trainer for the night was Jim Flanders, Assistant Chief with the Minnetonka Fire Department. Jim is very knowledgeable about the subject matter and an excellent trainer to boot. In the photo above two CERT [...]
A Big Achievement
March 7, 2006 – 4:23 pm
Both Assistant Chief Scott Taylor (left photo) and Assistant Chief Steve Koering (right photo) received their Emergency Management Certificates today at the Governor’s Conference for Emergency Management. (Click photos to enlarge.)
Presenting the certificate of completion was Kris Eide, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the State of Minnesota. It has been a [...]
It’s Friday….It Must be Boat Testing Day
March 3, 2006 – 2:23 pm
Last Friday was the water testing day for our new Fire/Rescue boat, a few minor items were discovered that needed tending to so another session took place today, Friday. Click the thumbnails to enlarge.
The boat performed exceptionally well and is now back in Eden Prairie for some final details that our Fleet Services [...]
