The newest addition to the Fire Department arrive in the Twin Cities last week from E-ONE in Ocala, Florida. After it’s 2000 mile trip there are always a few warranty items to be addressed. E-ONE’s warranty facility in this area is Emergency Apparatus Maintenance (EAM) in Lino Lakes. EAM also happens to be Eden Prairie [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2007
New Recruits Getting Closer
August 24, 2007 – 1:58 pm
Last night fire officers reviewed the newest recruit class profiles. We do this so we can understand how each of our recruits is best able to be nurtured through the early part of their careers here. This year will mark the fourth class that will be taught entirely in-house on the subjects from Firefighter I [...]
Fire Loss Way Down in the First 6 Months
August 16, 2007 – 8:59 am
Over the past 5 years our city has averaged over $1,000,000 in fire loss annually. Most of the bigger losses have been in multi-family dwellings and most of those have been in our larger apartment buildings. So far this year our fire loss stands at just over $100,000 for the six month period ending June [...]
Eden Prairie CERT member meets President Bush
August 9, 2007 – 7:26 am
Allison Curtis is pictured below getting a congratulatory hand-shake from President Bush for a job well done at the scene of the 35W Bridge tragedy. Allison is a member of the Red Cross team that provides resources to support the incident activities.
Allison is also a member of Eden Prairie’s CERT team. It is always [...]
Right Place, Right Time
August 2, 2007 – 9:25 am
On today’s MSNBC website there is a slide show depicting scenes from last night’s bridge collapse over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The collapse is a major event both locally and nationally and will have huge impacts for years to come. Moments after such a disaster it is often people nearby that render aid to [...]
