Tuesday mornings is the time when Eden Prairie’s Morning Rotary Club meets. Each week the club of almost 80 members, one of which is me, invites a guest speaker. This past week it was our State Fire Marshal, Jerry Rosendahl. Fire Marshal Rosendahl is a long-time fire service professional and has been our State Fire [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2007
State Fire Marshal Jerry Rosendahl Speaks to the Eden Prairie Morning Rotary
October 31, 2007 – 9:26 am
Recruit Training 2007
October 26, 2007 – 1:37 pm
This past Wednesday night I stopped by our Training Center to observe the hands-on training session that was being conducted. Our latest recruit class trains on Monday and Wednesday nights along with recruits from Bloomington Fire. the training consists of both classroom and hands-on instruction.
The training is taught by Lieutenants, Captains and Chief Officers from [...]
A Perfect Day for the Annual Fire & Police Departments Open House
October 15, 2007 – 1:57 pm
Saturday was a picture perfect day for the Annual Open House for both Fire and Police in Eden Prairie. While this week is typically to reinforce the theme of fire safety, in Eden Prairie we invite all of our response partners to be a part of this event and that is especially true of our [...]
Fire Prevention Open House
October 5, 2007 – 1:38 pm
Next Saturday, October 13th, is the date of the Annual Fire Prevention Open House. The event will be held at Fire Station #1, 14800 Scenic Heights Road. The event gets started at 11:00 am and runs until 2:00 pm. The Police Department will have a large presence there too. In addition there will be a [...]
Former Eden Prairie Fire Chief, Ray Mitchell – A Legend Passes On
October 4, 2007 – 2:29 pm
One definition of the word Legend in Webster’s Dictionary is: “A person that inspires”. Clearly this definition fit former Fire Chief Ray Mitchell to a tee. Ray Mitchell passed away late on Sunday evening surrounded by his family at his home. Ray lived 70 extremely productive years, but has left us all way too early.
Ray [...]
