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A Division of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety
 

March 2022

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A capital idea about what’s going on at the capitol

MN Fire Marshal Jim Smith and Chief Deputy Amanda Swenson emphasize the importance of being legislatively aware and informed in A capital idea about what’s going on at the capitol.​

A Silver Lining Playbook…of sorts​

Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education Steve Flaherty reflects on the return to live training: leadership series, fire chief​ boot camps, fire officers' training schools. The cloud is lifting and the lining is silver!​​

Hazmat response decon s​trategies: one size doesn’t fit all​

Duluth Fire Department Technical Services Coordinator Robert Morehouse lets us know that every HazMat response is different: ​HazMat decon strategies: one size doesn’t fit all.

It may not be the cover of the Rolling Stone, but…

MN Deputy State Fire Marshal Bob Reif​ offers suggestions about extending your department’s community outreach by reaching out to local media in his article It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but…

Remembering the Lakeview School Fire (also known as Collinwood School Fire) 

In this edition of his ongoing series about historic fires and how they changed fire c​odes and laws, Tom Jenson writes about Remembering the Lakeview School Fire of 1908.​​

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