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Essig promoted to Edina Fire Department Captain

Edina, Minn., May 27, 2010 – Edina Fire Department Lieutenant Craig Essig was recently promoted to the position of Captain, filling the role left vacant by the retirement of former Captain Jim Robinson.
 
Essig began his fire and emergency medical services career as a paid-on-call firefighter with the Hopkins Fire Department in 1995. As a paid-on-call volunteer, he completed his Firefighter I & II and emergency medical technician (EMT) certificates, received state certification as a Hazardous Materials Specialist and completed his State and National Registry as an EMT- Paramedic.
 
Shortly after receiving his degree as a paramedic, Essig worked full-time with a poison center where he triaged and recommended medical treatment to patients who were exposed to various toxins and household chemicals.  In 1998, while employed with the poison center, he joined the Edina Fire Department as a paid-on-call volunteer and within 5 months, was hired as a fulltime Firefighter/Paramedic with the Department. 
 
“I am very grateful for the opportunities the City of Edina has given me,” said Essig.  “I am truly amazed at the degree of talent that I have the pleasure of working with each and every day.”
 
During his 11 years with the Department, Essig has moved up through the ranks from Firefighter/Paramedic to Lieutenant, and now to Captain. He lives in Minnetonka, Minn. with his wife of 22 years. The couple has two college-age children.
 
Essig completed his degree in Fire Science Technology at Hennepin Community Technical College in the fall of 2007, and received a Public Safety Administration Certificate from Hamline University in May of this year.
 
For more information, visit www.CityofEdina.com/Fire or call the Edina Fire Department at 952-826-0330.