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A Division of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
 

September 2022

Never forget …​​​

Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Amanda Swenson reminds us that even as the years pass, we should never forget to think of our fallen brothers and sisters. This year's Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service is slated for Sept. 25 at the Capitol.

September training update from the SFMD​

Code Development and Training Specialist Dan Buchholz clues us in on a number of upcoming training opportunities.​

Budget delayed…but maybe a banner budget

Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education Executive Director Steve Flaherty has some good news to share about a potentially “banner​ budget year" ahead.​

Talking the talk vs. walking the walk​

In advance of Fire Prevention Week in October, Deputy State Fire Marshal Bob Reif talks about a sequential approach for parents to follow when teaching kids home fire drills, and challenges us to make sure moms and dads know how to do that successfully.

Ewwwwwww! What is that smell?!

Fire Code Specialist Tom Jenson provides a pretty cool history lesson about the introduction of mer​captan​ into natural gas.​​

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