A year ago our Fire Department decided to conduct all recuit training in-house, we worked out an arrangement with Hennepin Technical College and got trained in the delivery of their top flight curriculum. The first class went very well. Rather than rest on our laurels we decided to approach two of our regular mutual aid [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2006
Groundbreaking Ceremony – Fire Station #4
April 19, 2006 – 4:28 am
Yesterday afternoon was the official groundbreaking for our new fire station to be located in southwest Eden Prairie. Yesterday’s event marked the end of a two year process to identify and acquire a suitable site and then design a building that met our current and future needs all the while staying within budget. [...]
Same old Cause
April 14, 2006 – 10:19 am
This past weekend the Fire Department responded to two seperate structure fires. Both fires were well underway when the first arriving units arrived on-scene. Both fires started on outside decks and quickly spread to the roof area of their respective structures.
The first fire was reported at about 0100 hrs on Sunday morning, everyone [...]
National Telecommunicators Week!
April 11, 2006 – 7:31 am
There are many deserving professions that have weeks dedicated to recognizing their efforts.Â
This week it is the turn of telecommunicators to be recognized, I can say on behalf of all first responders in our city that our telecommunicators do an outstanding job of providing the link between people in distress and the responders.
This weekend was [...]
