Monthly Archives: March 2007
Station # 4 is now Open!
March 23, 2007 – 7:32 am
Last week was the last of the Open Houses for the new Fire Station, number 4. The Open House ran from 10:00 - Noon last Saturday and was a success with over 500 people in attendance. We are lucky in this city to have such great support from the citizens we serve.
A lot of kids [...]
Ladder Climbers switch to Stairs for a Good Cause
March 16, 2007 – 2:16 pm
On Saturday March 10th, Dave Thompson, Don Jensen, Rick Thompson, and Jeffrey Dezenski from Eden Prairie Fire, and a firefighter from St. Michael climbed the 33 South Sixth Street Tower in downtown Minneapolis to benefit the American Lung Association. They climbed 48 floors (1,152) steps in full turn out gear including air-packs and accomplished this [...]
A new Way to “Cut the Ribbon”
March 9, 2007 – 6:23 am
Last night was the dedication ceremony and “Ribbon Cutting” for Eden Prairie’s newest Fire Station. Instead of the traditional ribbon cutting, Pat Brink from the Communications Department decided that having a truck assigned to the new station driving through the “ribbon” would be a fun new twist. I have to admit that I had serious [...]
Big Storm, Big Effort
March 1, 2007 – 7:02 pm
Tonight, as mentioned in my earlier blog today, we are having a major snow event. Our primarily volunteer firefighting staff will be spending the overnight hours staffing each of our three fire stations. Along with our firefighters will be three snow plow drivers, and their trucks. The last time we did this was during the [...]
Drought Over
March 1, 2007 – 2:33 pm
Okay, so I’m not a weather expert but with two significant snow storms in the past 7 days, the moisture content has to be on the mend in the local area. This is great news for everyone who boats, farms or otherwise likes lots of water where it belongs, when it belongs there. Today is [...]
