Monthly Archives: September 2007

Edina’s Odd House Fire

Awhile back Edina fire responded to a house fire. It was a large fire and the house was almost completely destroyed, luckily the homeowner was able to barely escape the smoke and flames and was not seriously hurt. The cause has been under investigation for awhile and now the cause has been determined and it [...]

Fire Prevention- Berlin Germany Style

Retired Eden Prairie Firefighter, Mike Laden travels the globe for his business, Trade Innovations. When he is out and about he sends me pictures of things fire related. Below are pictures of the Berlin Fire Department’s fire prevention vehicle in action. although we are half a world away, their messages relating to fire prevention appear [...]

Appreciation for a job well done

Last Thursday evening, around 6:30pm, we had some visitors stop by our Fire Station # 2. Mark & Kirsten Miller, along with their children Sienna, Analese and Kelly dropped off some pictures and a gift card from Costco.
Two years ago this past Labor Day weekend the Millers were out of town when their home on [...]

A Fire Call Review

Recently a reader of this blog asked me to take some time and review or comment on unique emergency situations the fire department is called to. Well that reader only contacted me a week or so ago and sure enough a rather unique call come in this past Tuesday evening.
The call came in as a [...]