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Fire departments in the state of Minnesota, United States. Pages in category "Fire departments in Minnesota" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Duluth Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the City of Duluth, Minnesota. [1] The city commissioned an external analysis of the Department in 2012. [2] According to the report the department employed 141 staff members, who at the time staffed 9 fire stations.
The Cloquet Fire (/ k l oʊ ˈ k eɪ / kloh-KAY) [2] was an immense forest fire in northern Minnesota, United States in October 1918, caused by sparks on the local railroads amid dry conditions. The fire left much of western Carlton County devastated, mostly affecting Moose Lake , Cloquet , and Kettle River .
This was the second largest property fire in the US in 1982 and one of the largest in Minneapolis history, with 85% of the entire department (on and off duty) responding to the fire. The cause of the fire was suspected to be two juveniles playing with an acetylene torch in the vacant department store which set fire to a debris pile (charges ...
Oct. 1—WATERVILLE — Decades ago, the Minnesota conservation officers, then known as game wardens, generally didn't carry weapons on duty, but that changed following a single deadly encounter ...
A fire fighter's turnout gear staged in front of a fire engine. According to the National Fire Department Registry, in January 2025 there were 1,207,800 firefighters in the United States (this includes career, volunteer and paid per call firefighters as well as civilian staff and non-firefighting personnel). Of these, 14.7% are mostly or ...
The land was tax forfeited in 1933 and then purchased by the Minnesota Conservation Commission. [3] Carlos Avery game farms were formally opened and dedicated to the former game warden in 1938. [4] The land was ideal for production of bobwhite quail, which had been plentiful in Minnesota but was on the decline. In 1935, the United States ...
Cal Fire pays an additional $1 an hour, regardless of firefighters' skill level. And when crews work a 24-hour shift, followed by a 24-hour period of rest, the lowest-skilled firefighter would ...