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I am a law abiding citizen, for the most part. I have a healthy respect for laws and law enforcement, most of the time. I may violate an occasional traffic law by exceeding the speed limit or by parki...
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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Vote gives firefighters the boot
Representatives unanimously Thursday approved allowing Minnesota firefighters to use their boots to collect funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and other charities. Firefighters in some commu...
Posted on 3/18/10 at 11:26 AM
BWCA wildfire costs top $12 million 
Officials tallying the cost of fighting the widespread wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota say expenses have topped $12 million.
By Associated Press , September 29, 2011
Firefighters hope to fully contain BWCA area wildfire by weekend
Superior National Forest officials say the Pagami Creek fire is nearly 60 percent contained. Nearly 800 firefighters are working to contain the fire, which was ignited by a lightning strike Aug. 18, but really got rolling earlier this month.
By Associated Press , September 27, 2011
Emergency fire shelters helped BWCA firefighters escape injury
Six Superior National Forest rangers deployed rarely-used emergency shelters to escape injury in the wildfire burning in the Boundary Waters of northeastern Minnesota.
By Associated Press , September 23, 2011
BWCA 'burnout' rumor doused
At a briefing Thursday, officials for the first time provided a detailed look at how northeast Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area fire, which started Aug. 18, managed to escape Forest Service control in a matter of hours.
By Tony Kennedy , September 23, 2011
Pipeline break? No, just firefighter drills at Grand Forks boat ramps
The Grand Forks Fire Department plans emergency exercises today and Wednesday to simulate a pipeline break that would impact the Red River.
By Associated Press , September 20, 2011
Good conditions stalling spread of BWCA wildfire
Firefighters expect a good day for gaining ground on a forest fire that has blackened 147 square miles of northeastern Minnesota.
By Associated Press , September 19, 2011
Nearly 600 firefighters working BWCA wildfire
A spokesman for the firefighters, Larry Helmerick, said this morning the 147-square-mile fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is 19 percent contained, an improvement from 11 percent on Sunday.
By Associated Press , September 19, 2011
Minnesota forest fire stalls in cooler weather
A forest fire that smoldered for nearly a month on the Minnesota-Canada border before exploding this week to cover nearly 160 square miles is laying bare old disagreements over the best way to manage wildfire.
By Chris Williams , September 15, 2011
Logging accident kills off-duty Rochester, Minn., battalion chief
Fire officials say Chuck Hermann was off duty at the time of the accident Thursday on property he owns.
By Associated Press , August 05, 2011
Firefighters get damages in bias case
A white group of firefighters who won a reverse discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 have been awarded about $2 million in damages from the city of New Haven, ending a 7-year-old legal battle that fueled national debate over racial justice, officials said today.
By John Christoffersen , July 28, 2011
Fire departments around country hurt by decline in volunteers
Recruitment is a problem for some departments, but a more common complaint is that it's hard to keep people once they've joined, according to some fire chiefs for volunteer departments in some Twin Cities suburbs.
By St. Paul Pioneer Press / MCT , July 18, 2011
St. Paul man cited after climbing into, trying to drive fire truck
St. Paul police were called to the scene shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, when a district fire chief saw Ladder 8 "lurch back about five feet," said Sgt. Pete Crum, police spokesman. "He looks up and there's a guy in the fire truck, trying to back it up."
By Mara H. Gottfried , July 12, 2011
Firefighter injured during response to boat fire near Nevis, Minn.,
A Nevis, Minn., firefighter was taken to the Park Rapids hospital when he was injured responding to a boat inferno on Lake Belle Taine Monday noon.
Ron Leyba was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Area Health Services with a shoulder injury. He fell down a steep hill near Beauty Bay Lodge, according to firefighters on the scene. The boat was quickly extinguished as firefighters helped their fallen colleague.
By Park Rapids (Minn.) Enterprise , July 05, 2011
Minnesota firefighter's post-training exercise death ruled accidental
The Hennepin County medical examiner's office says 35-year-old Chip Imker of Harris died of blunt-force trauma. The manner of death has been ruled accidental.
By Associated Press , May 27, 2011
4 cars damaged when St. Paul fire truck hose falls onto I-94
No one was injured when 1,200 feet of four-inch diameter hose unfurled from the engine, said St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard.
By Mara H. Gottfried , May 21, 2011
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