Fire Department
Lester Prairie Fire Department is ready to serve the people of Lester Prairie and surrounding communities .
Lester Prairie Fire Department
2023 Annual Report
In 2023 , the department responded to a total of 168 calls for service . 164 calls in 2022 . Previous 5-year average was 160 per year . A total of 2,203 hours were expended on these calls .
We averaged over 10 responders to each call .
( 10.24 ) The call breakdown is as follows : ( 15 ) Fire incidents . Total property and contents loss of $ 12,000 . ( 117 ) Medical and vehicle crashes ( 8 ) Hazardous condition ( gas leaks , chemical spills , CO alarms ) ( 7 ) Service calls ( lift assists , assist PD ) ( 17 ) Good Intent ( Canceled en-route , authorized controlled burn ) ( 4 ) False alarms Calls by district : City of Lester Prairie - 85 Bergen Township - 34 Winsted Township - 20 Mutual Aid / out of area / other - 29 Classroom and hands-on training accounted for another 853 man-hours . Highlights :
• We continue to operate with a full roster of firefighters .
• Installed gear lockers and a generator at the fire station thanks to donations .
• The Relief Association purchased ( 4 ) new Zoll AED units this year to replace aging Phillips units .
• All ARMER radios within the county were replaced this year .
• We continue the Auto-Aid agreement with
Winsted . This has been working very well . Membership : Currently at 30 members . Two more currently on the waiting list .. One retirement ( Chris Ehalt 15 years ) Tyler Siewert joined the department this fall . We currently have four firefighters going through initial training . Current officers and members : Matt Tonn , Chief ; Dave Horsman , Assistant Chief ; Steve Dietel , Assistant Chief ; Scott Christenson , Captain ; Keith Christen , Captain ; Chris Bahr , Captain and Training Officer ; Tifanie Shimanski , Secretary ; and Paul Christensen , Treasurer .
Don Artmann , Josh Artmann , Chris Bahr , Keith Christen , Paul Christensen , Scott Christenson , Kevin Danielzuk , Paul Dhoore , Shadd Dial , Steve Dietel , Mallory Feltmann , Jeff Forcier , Nick Fosdick , Alex Hoese , Tyler Hoese , James Hoof , Aaron Hoover , Dave Horsman , Mat Karschnik , Dan Kroells *, Mike Lindberg , Luke Meyer , Chris Mike , Fred Pawelk , Dustin Reid , Mike Schauer , Tifanie Shimanski , Tyler Siewert , Matt Tonn , Maurice Tonn , and Max Zitzloff .
* Reserve Members
Projects :
Tanker replacement . Purchase agreement signed for delivery in late 2025 . Freightliner chassis , 3,000 gallon tanker built by Midwest Fire in Luverne MN .
Officer / Command Vehicle conti
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