Spring Forward AND Remember to Check Your Smoke Detectors!
Spring Forward and Remember to Check Smoke Detectors When you spring forward an hour for Daylight Savings this Sunday, it’s also the perfect time to make sure you have a working smoke alarm in your...
View ArticleNew Technology Pays Dividends
Yesterday the Eden Prairie Fire Department responded to a person not breathing. First responders found staff performing CPR on a resident who had collapsed. The AED was applied and an airway was...
View ArticleFirefighter of The Year
Congratulations to Firefighter Duey Harrison for being chosen The Eden Prairie Fire Department’s Firefighter of the Year! Duey has served the residents of Eden Prairie for nearly 22 years, always at...
View ArticleFire Hydrant Testing Coming Up – It Makes a Huge Difference!
Here is A BIG reason why, in my 25 plus years with the Eden Prairie Fire Department, I have never experienced a bad fire hydrant at a fire. Beginning in April, the City of Eden Prairie Utilities...
View ArticleApril is High Visability Month
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has been focusing on High Visibility Garments for all responders to roadway incidents. The minimum mandatory requirement for Firefighters and First Responders...
View ArticleEden Prairie Relay for Life
Once again the Eden Prairie Relay for Life was a big success raising over $37,000 this past Friday evening, to help find a cure in the fight against cancer. I am proud to say that once again the Eden...
View ArticleExchange Students Come for a Visit
Forty-eight kids from Lodi China came to visit the fire station as part of their visit to Eden Prairie. Lodi is a sister city with Eden Prairie and has been since 2007. On alternating years students...
View ArticleEden Prairie Fire Teams with Domino’s Pizza for Fire Prevention Week
The Eden Prairie Fire Department teamed with Domino’s Pizza last night as part of a national program to promote working smoke alarms in homes. Last night Fire Lt. Kelly Hanink, and Firefighter Don...
View ArticleNear Miss This Morning
This morning the Eden Prairie Fire Department responded to a call for a small deck fire at an apartment building. Prior to arrival the fire had been put out by the occupant, but needed to be checked to...
View ArticleFire and Ice
Yes this is a bit of a cliche, but this time of year is all about these two topics…. First, from now through New Year’s Day is the deadliest period of time in America for civilian fire deaths. Family...
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