Earlier this year the City of Eden Prairie approved the addition of a Fire Inspector position to focus on our city’s over 6000 rental housing units. In July the new position was filled and the program has been underway since mid July. So far over 300 individual units have been inspected. Our goal is to [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
A new capability on the horizon
August 28, 2006 – 12:37 pm
Recently the Eden Prairie Fire Department completed the final paperwork to “purchase” a Crash Rescue Truck from MAC Fire for $1.00. This is a good arrangement for all concerned.
The EPFD gets a truck that is specifically designed to operate in an airport environment. In other words, it has plenty of the specialized foam products needed [...]
Eden Prairie Lions Golf Outing - A great event
August 10, 2006 – 11:49 am
On Monday of this week the Eden Prairie Lions Club held their annual golf event to raise money for local causes. I played in a foursome with two of my Assistant Chiefs, Scott Taylor and Steve Koering as well as Assistant Chief Greg Hayes from the Chanhassen Fire Department.
It was a beautiful afternoon for golf [...]
Win Win with Hennepin Technical College
August 9, 2006 – 2:00 pm
As a result of modernizing our fleet of fire engines we have been selling off some of our older vehicles. One such sale was finalized today with the delivery of our “old” Engine 2. The college has been trying to upgrade their fire apparatus that is used to train students so….. We traded our truck [...]
Another view from above
August 7, 2006 – 6:45 am
Below is a picture of station #4 under construction, taken from above this past Saturday, August 5th.
In the photo, north is at the top. The picture shows clearly the new Highway 312 under construction to the South and the now completed Miller parkway running off to the East through the Miller Park complex. The Western [...]
National Night Out
August 2, 2006 – 10:06 am
Last night was National Night Out, and despite the rain (much needed) a lot of neighborhoods still turned out to reconnect with their neighbors and show their support for this national initiative. In Eden Prairie Fire and Police had a list of 90 block parties to visit.
The crowds were very excited to meet some of [...]
