Minneapolis Fire Department
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The Minneapolis Fire Department provides
Operations
The MFD currently operates out of 19 Fire Stations, located throughout the city in 5 Battalions, under the command of 5 Battalion Chiefs and 1 Deputy Chief each shift.[3] The MFD is also home to the Minnesota Task Force One (MNTF1) USAR Unit.
Minnesota Task Force 1
The Minneapolis Fire Department is one of the sponsoring agencies of Minnesota Task Force 1 (MN-TF1) an
Stations and apparatus
As of May 2015[update] this is a complete list of all Minneapolis Fire Department fire station locations and the apparatus assigned to them.[5]
Fire Station Number | Neighborhood | Engine Company | Ladder Company (Tiller) | Specialized Unit | Chief Unit (Deputy Chief/Battalion Chief Unit) | Battalion |
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1 | Central | Engine 1, Engine 10 | Boat 1 (docked) | Deputy Chief | 1 | |
2 | Sheridan | Engine 2 | Boat 2 | Battalion Chief 5 | 5 | |
4 | Sumner-Glenwood | Engine 4 | Ladder 4 (Tiller) | 4 | ||
5 | Powderhorn Park | Engine 5 | Salvage (Rehab/Air/Light) | 3 | ||
6 | Stevens Square | Engine 6 | Ladder 11 (Tiller) | Mobile Command | Battalion Chief 1 | 1 |
7 | Seward | Engine 7 | Ladder 3 (Tiller) | Battalion Chief 3 | 3 | |
8 | Whittier | Engine 8 | Rescue 1 | 1 | ||
11 | Marcy-Holmes | Engine 11 | Ladder 9 (Tiller) | Mobile Haz Mat Lab | 5 | |
12 | Morris Park | Engine 12 | Boat 12 | 3 | ||
14 | Folwell | Engine 14 | Ladder 10 (Tiller) | Battalion Chief 4 | 4 | |
15 | Audubon Park | Engine 15 | Ladder 7 (Tiller) | 5 | ||
16 | Harrison | Engine 16 | 4 | |||
17 | Bryant | Engine 17 | Battalion Chief 2 | 2 | ||
19 | Prospect Park | Engine 19 | Boat 19 (docked), Mass Decon Unit 1 & 2 | 5 | ||
20 | Lind-Bohanon | Engine 20 | MCI Bus | 4 | ||
21 | Howe | Engine 21 | Ladder 2 (Tiller) | Airboat 21 | 3 | |
22 | West Calhoun |
Engine 22 | Boat 22, Fire Investigator | 2 | ||
27 | Windom | Engine 27 | Ladder 5 (Tiller) | 2 | ||
28 | Fulton | Engine 28 | Boat 28 | 2 | ||
Minneapolis Emergency Operations Training Facility | Fridley, Minnesota | Spare Engine 28,27,5 | Spare Ladder 1 (platform),20 (quint) | MN-TF 1 Unit 1,2 |
Notable Incidents
Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire
On Thanksgiving night November 25, 1982, fire destroyed an entire block of Downtown Minneapolis the 16-story headquarters of Northwestern National Bank (now Wells Fargo) and the vacant, partially demolished location formerly occupied by Donaldson's department store, which had recently moved across the street to the new City Center mall. While no deaths were reported, 10 Minneapolis Firefighters were taken to the hospital with injuries suffered as a result of this fire. This was the second largest property fire in the US in 1982 and one of the largest in Minneapolis history, with 85% of the entire department (on and off duty) responding to the fire. The cause of the fire was suspected to be two juveniles playing with an acetylene torch in the vacant department store which set fire to a debris pile (charges were later dropped). The fire spread to the neighboring Norwest Bank building, which quickly spread throughout the building due to several factors including a central open atrium that allowed the fire to easily reach the upper floors and lack of fire suppression (aka sprinklers) and lack of fire containment. This fire led to significant widespread changes to building fire code.
I-35 West Mississippi River Bridge Collapse
In 2007 the Minneapolis Fire Department responded to the
American Opioid Crisis
In 2016, the department equipped its 19 fire companies with Narcan (Nalaxone) nasal spray to counteract the effects of opioid/heroin drug overdoses. Through 2019, first responders had revived 920 individuals experiencing a probable opiate overdose, all carefully logged and documented in logs written by the members of the department. The numbers in adjacent St. Paul are high as well; since 2015 that city’s paramedics have administered 2,800 Narcan doses. Both cities’ police departments also carry the nasal spray.[9]