This is a picture of my good friend and colleague Fire Chief Nyle Zikmund. Nyle is the Chief of the Blaine/Spring Lake Park/Moundsview Fire Department. Nyle is a progressive thinker in the fire service and his fire department reflects that vision with a very strong fire prevention and inspection program. Nyle is also very involved [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Women’s Fire Service Expo
June 16, 2006 – 9:07 am
Last Saturday was the first ever Women’s Fire Service Expo put on by the Eden Prairie Fire Department as well as Bloomington, Chanhassen, Edina, Hopkins and Minnetonka. The idea was to give women that were interested in the fire service an opportunity to experience some of the challenges first-hand.
The planning and coordination for this project [...]
A Heartfelt Thank You to Local Legislators, and A New Captain Is Appointed
June 9, 2006 – 12:02 pm
Last night was our Quarterly Business Meeting. The agenda was fairly light this time as there weren’t any retirements or years of service recognitions taking place. We were able to focus our attention squarely on a two key events.
The first event was presenting plaques of appreciation to Eden Prairie Legislators, Senator David Hann [...]
Burn Recovery fund Established
June 8, 2006 – 11:05 am
Susan Anderson (pictured left)Â and her Father, Mark Anderson, were camping on Memorial Day weekend. Mark and Susan are son in-law and Grand-daughter, respectively of Woody Walters a longtime fire service devotee with over 41 years in the business.
The cabin Mark, his wife and daughter Susan rented near Danbury Wisconsin developed an LP Gas leak and [...]
Firefighter Nate Wiley Checks in from Iraq
June 7, 2006 – 8:10 am
Below is a picture of Eden Prairie Firefighter Nate Wiley who is currently on deployment in Iraq.
It was good to hear from Nate and to see he apparently is doing well, given the circumstances. Nate has always loved being around kids, so it was really no surprise that this picture has kids in it. [...]
