st. cloud fire department

We're taking a look at the St. Cloud Fire Department during this National Fire Prevention Month. They are a full-time department with 66 firefighters, along with 12 administrators, with four fire stations.

It's about as far from a typical 9-5 desk job as you could have, being a firefighter. The career comes in as #2 on our top 10 most stressful jobs list, developed by careercast.com. St. Cloud fireman, Derek Metzger says he kind of fell into the career

Fire crews responded to a car fire Tuesday morning.

Fire crews were called to a car fire this (Friday) morning. The incident happened at about 10:00 a.m. at First Fuel Bank at 3110 Seventh Street North.

A motor home was destroyed, and seven other vehicles were damaged, in an early morning fire. St. Cloud Fire Department Battalion Chief Leon Faust says the call came in just before 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning at Grundman Motors at 3620 Roosevelt Road.

The St. Cloud Fire Department says careless smoking caused a fire early Monday at Courtyard Suites Hotel in downtown St. Cloud. Battalion Chief Greg Newinski says the call came in just after midnight.

A busted sprinkler system has caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a north St. Cloud building. The St. Cloud Fire Department got a call from a bystander about an alarm sounding in the building at 1025 18th Street North at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.

The St. Cloud fire department responded to an apartment fire. Battalion Chief Greg Newinski says the call came in at about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday for 3540 West St. Germain Street, in unit 112.

The St. Cloud Fire Department responded to a large garage fire last night (Monday). The fire was called in at 9:50 p.m. in the 600 block of 2nd Avenue Northeast, near Wilson Park.

The St. Cloud Fire Department responded to a home on fire in the 600 block of 6th Avenue South last (Wednesday) night.