Press Releases - 2009

November 2009

Fire sprinkler system saves Edina office suite. A built-in fire sprinkler system helped the tenants of an Edina office building avoid major property loss after a fire broke out within one of the building’s suites. ...

Edina Fire Department serves as drop site for Edina school bus food drive. For the second straight year, Edina Fire Station No. 1 served as the drop site for a food drive started by two Edina school bus drivers. ...

Edina Police and Fire Departments again collecting toys for less fortunate. Edina’s police officers and firefighters are once again seeking donations of toys, books, games and winter clothing for the Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People (VEAP) Holiday Gift Store. ...

Edina Fire Chief Elected President of Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association. Edina Fire Chief Marty Scheerer was recently elected president of the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association (MSFCA) board of directors. ...

Rochon Construction works to rebuild Fire Station driveway. Rochon Construction is working to rebuild the driveway at Fire Station No. 1, 6250 Tracy Ave. ...

October 2009

Edina Fire Department welcomes new paid-on-call firefighters. As firefighters, it is our goal to try to put ourselves out of business. You’ll be hard-pressed to find any other organization with such a “backward” business model...

Edina Fire Department teaches kids about fire safety. Since the 1950s, the Edina Fire Department has been conducting numerous public education classes throughout the community, and 2009 was no exception. ...

September 2009

Marty Scheerer & Tom Jenson Guest Column: Edina Fire Department announces Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4-9. Our mission is to serve the community by protecting lives, property and the environment in a safe, efficient and professional manner. In 2008...

Edina Fire Department responds to unattended cooking fire. On Friday, Sept. 4, the Edina Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment complex on the 4100 block of Parklawn Avenue after a call reported heavy smoke...

August 2009

Fire Department combats second house fire believed to have started around recessed light. Edina firefighters responded to a home on the 4700 block of Valley View Road Friday, Aug. 14, after an early-morning 9-1-1 call from the home’s resident reporting smoke coming from the kitchen ceiling. ...

Edina Fire Department douses house fire on Limerick Lane. Edina firefighters were back in action after a house fire broke out on the 6700 block of Limerick Lane around 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7. ...

July 2009

Edina fourth-graders learn about safety through fun. Over 100 Edina fourth-graders got the opportunity to see the Jaws of Life in action, shake paws with a canine cop and take part in a variety of interactive activities focused on safety. ...

Carbon monoxide alarms required in multi-family dwellings as of Aug. 1. On Aug. 1, the final phase of Minnesota’s three-phase carbon monoxide (CO) legislation went into effect. ...

Marty Scheerer Guest Column: Mutual aid benefits Edina, neighbors. If you happen to be at the scene of a fire call in Edina, you might be surprised to see trucks and crews from some of our neighboring cities in addition to those of our own. ...

June 2009

Edina street and pedestrian path closed July 4, 5. At noon on July 4, 66th Street between West Shore Drive and Cornelia Drive in Edina will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians...

Edina Fire Department puts out second apartment fire. The Edina Fire Department responded to the City’s second apartment fire in less then a month...

Edina Fire Department stops garage fire from spreading to house. Members of the Edina Fire Department, with assistance from departments in Richfield and St. Louis Park, extinguished an early morning garage fire...

Tom Jenson Guest Column: Leave the fireworks to the professionals. Why is it that we stress the dangers of playing with fire to children 364 days a year, but on July 4, we turn a blind eye? ...

May 2009

Edina Fire Department contains apartment fire, saves building. A large-scale apartment fire was avoided when Edina firefighters extinguished the initial blaze, keeping fire damage contained to just two of the building’s units. ...

Fire Departments ask residents to heed recent GM recall. Area fire departments are asking residents who own select General Motors (GM) vehicles manufactured between 1997 and 2003 to heed the company’s recent safety recall...

April 2009

Space still available for Safety Camp. Don’t let your child miss out on Safety Camp! Space is still available for the Edina Police, Fire and Park & Recreation departments’ annual interactive safety event. ...

Training Facility to hold free Women’s Fire Expo. The Edina Fire Department, along with departments from Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Savage, Chanhassen, St. Louis Park and Victoria...

Spring burning restrictions in effect in Edina until further notice. Warming temperatures, dry vegetation and strong winds during the spring months present a dangerous fire risk. ...

Edina man pulled from burning home by fellow Edina residents, Police Officer. Edina Fire Chief Marty Scheerer credits the courage and quick thinking of two Edina residents and an Edina Police Officer for saving the life of a resident trapped in his burning home April 3. ...

March 2009

Edina Fire crew responds to early-morning kitchen fire. The Edina Fire Department extinguished an early-morning kitchen fire March 20. ...

Cause of two Edina car fires still undetermined. The causes of two vehicle fires on the morning of Friday, March 6, are still under investigation, according to Edina Fire Marshal Tom Jenson. ...

Fire causes damage in Westin Galleria Hotel bathroom. The Edina Fire Department extinguished a small bathroom fire earlier this month at the Westin Galleria Hotel. ...

Electric blanket possible cause of Edina house fire. A fire, suspected to have been caused by an electrical malfunction, broke out in an Edina home just after midnight on March 4...

February 2009

Think you can take the heat? Edina Fire Department looking for Volunteer (Paid-On-Call) Firefighters. What do an Edina real estate salesman, pilot, carpenter, cop and residential architectural designer have in common? ...

January 2009

Marty Scheerer & Tom Jenson Guest Column: Edina Fire Department reflects on 2008. Our mission is to serve the community by protecting lives, property and the environment in a safe, efficient and professional manner. In 2008...

Fire Department welcomes first firefighter/paramedic intern. The Edina Fire Department recently welcomed its first full-time firefighter/paramedic intern to shift duty. ...

Edina Fire Department responds to first fires of New Year. It may have taken until mid-January, but the Edina Fire Department was on double duty as they responded to the City’s first fires in 2009. ...