The Shakopee Fire Department is a paid-on-call department serving the City of Shakopee as well as neighboring Jackson and Louisville Townships.  The department is composed of 46 trained firefighters who provide fire suppression, rescue and emergency medical assistance, and fire prevention and education services to the community. In 2007, the department responded to 609 calls for service. 

Originally founded as the Shakopee Volunteer Fire Department in 1883, today's Fire Department maintains two fire stations and a modern fleet of equipment, allowing it to provide structure, vehicle and wildland fire response, vehicle extrication, hazardous materials response, high-level rescue, open water rescue and ice rescue. 

Shakopee firefighters are volunteers from the community. They are trained to Minnesota Certification Firefighters II level and also receive First Responder basic emergency medical care training. Several firefighters have obtained additional training in Emergency Medicine, SCUBA and Hazardous Materials. 

Although there is a small hourly wage for providing emergency services, the bulk of the time spent with the department is not paid time. The department provides all training and equipment needed. The firefighters provide the time and effort. 

If you are interested in becoming a Shakopee Firefighter, please contact us at 952-233-9300.