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Fire & Life Safety for a Growing Community
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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.
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 trained and certified as Firefighter II by the Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board (MFSCB)and as Emergency Medical Responders by the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB). Several firefighters have obtained additional training in Emergency Medicine, Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) and Hazardous Materials.
April 2013 Incident List A listing of the dates, times, locations, and services needed for all Fire Department calls in April.
State of Minnesota to Adopt NFPA Standards Effective June 11, 2012
On June 11, 2012, the State of Minnesota will be adopting more recent versions of many NFPA Standards. Applications for permits and submitted plans received on or after June 11, 2012, must be in compliance with the new adopted version of each standard.
- NFPA 11 (2002 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2005 edition).
- NFPA 11A-99 is deleted.
- NFPA 12 (2000 edition is deleted and replaced with references 2008 edition).
- NFPA 12A (2004 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2008 edition).
- NFPA 13 (2002 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2010 edition).
- NFPA 13R (2002 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2010 edition).
- NFPA 20 (2003 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2010 edition).
- NFPA 25 (2002 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2008 edition).
- NFPA 30 (2003 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2008 edition).
- NFPA 30A (2003 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2008 edition).
- NFPA 58 (2004 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2011 edition).
- NFPA 72 (2002 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2010 edition).
- NFPA 2001 (2004 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2008 edition).
- NFPA 1123 (2000 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2006 edition).
- NFPA 1126 (2001 edition is deleted and replaced with references to 2006 edition).
- One minor change: There had been a proposal to adopt the 2007 edition of NFPA 14 (Standpipes), but the document is no longer published as a newer edition is available. Minnesota will be dropping NFPA 14 as part of this update and staying with the 2003 edition.
Ted Foss "Move Over" Law Explanation Learn more about what to do when your vehicle approaches a parked emergency vehicle. Watch the Public Service Announcement.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training sessions are held in the spring and fall of each year. Watch for more information on 2012 classes.
None Scheduled at this Time. Please Check Back.
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