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Tag: Wayzata Fire Department
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Wayzata Firemen check the status of a bicyclist who was stuck by a vehicle this morning. Photo Dan Gustafson. A minor car and bicyclist accident occurred at the Wayzata Bay Center Saturday morning. A man driving a black sedan appeared to have struck another man riding a bike. Wayzata Police and Fire were summoned to the scene at around 8:43 am. The bike rider appeared to sustain only minor injuries.
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Fire Chief Kevin Klapprich examines a
power pole. Photo Dan Gustafson.The Wayzata Fire Department was called to Margaret Circle at noon on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, to address a burning power pole.
“It really was a fuse and it was glowing red,” said Wayzata Fire Cheif Kevin Klapprich. The fuse that was emitting red is located next to the transformer; it helps to close the circuit. “I’m sure that the temperatures have something to do with it,” added Klapprich.The area of Margaret Circle lost power shortly thereafter. By the time the fire department arrived to the scene, the fuse had burned off and fallen to the ground.Due to the lack of flames, the Wayzata Fire Department crew stayed for only ten minutes. Klapparich said that XCEL Energy had been called and would be there in approximately thirty minutes. Power should be restored within the next few hours.
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BAR-B-Q Rib Dinner held to honor local fire department
Wayzata Firefighters help themselves to a rib dinner provided by the Wayzata Masons. Photo Dan Gustafson. 50 people including State Representative Connie Doepke attended as the Wayzata Masons held a complimentary rib dinner for the Wayzata Fire Department on Monday evening. This is the second time in as many years that the Lodge fed the local smoke eaters.
Mason Rob Miller described why the Masons hold the event, “We decided to honor and thank the members of the Fire Department for their dedication and work within the community. The annual BBQ dinner is a way for us to meet and get to know the members of the Fire Department and express our gratitude for their service to the community.”
The Wayzata Masons have been a part of the Wayzata community since 1893. For more information, visit www.wayzata205.org
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A fire at 325 Crestview Avenue, Orono, MN. Photo by Dan Gustafson. Click here to view the photos from the fire at 325 Crestview Orono, MN.The Wayzata Fire Department responded to a mutual aid call at 325 Crestview Avenue in Orono last evening. Fire Departments from Long Lake, Wayzata, Excelsior, Minnetonka, Maple Plain, Mound, and St. Bonifacious responded.
According to property records, Wendy Sullivan purchased the property in 2004. The tax value of the property is $491,000.
Stay tuned to Wayzata.com as more details develop.
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The Wayzata Fire Department was called out to 320 East Grove Lane–the Metropolitan Council’s waste pumping station by the Marina about 1:30 this afternoon.
A diesel generator had been undergoing a load test for several hours, and the back wall surrounding the exhaust pipe bagan smoking as a result.
Wayzata Police, Fire, and a medical team were on site for about an hour.
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Firefighters head into the home at 167 Gleahaven Road. Photo Dan Gustafson. 
Firefighter Kurt Klapprich at the scene of the fire. Photo Dan Gustafson. Wayzata, Plymouth, Minnetonka and Long Lake fire departments responded to a call at 167 Gleahaven Road at approximately 9:00 am this morning.
Black smoke was billowing out of all sides of the property. Witnesses on scene indicated that the owner had passed away in January, and that the home was unoccupied. Employees at the Wayzata Village Bargain Lot called in the fire.
The fire was contained, with primarily smoke damage to the structure, and no one was harmed. The source of the fire remains under investigation.
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Tony Feser, was a Wayzata Firefighter from 1935-1978. Photo Dan Gustafson. Longtime resident and firefighter for the City of Wayzata Tony Feser passed away June 6, 2011 while gardening. He was 98 years old.
While his official obituary will be published shortly here on Wayzata.com, Wayzata residents and friends needed to be notified more quickly. As a result, I asked Wayzata Fire Chief Kevin Klapprich to stop by my office this morning to share some of his memories of Tony. Here is what Chief Klapprich had to say:
Tony joined the Fire Department in 1935 and retired in 1978. He had 43 years of service to Wayzata and the surrounding area. Tony thought the world of the Fire Department. What was neat about Tony is that he would drive by the station when there was a fire call with a whole bunch of cars out there, and Tony wasn’t afraid to park in the parking lot, come in, stand around, and talk with all of us. He was always pro-fire department. He still came to fires, long after he was retired.
Wayzata Fire Department 1950. Photo Dan Gustafson. He drove me to a fire one day. A house fire. I had just got on the fire department, probably my first six months, about 1978. He had retired in May of 1978, and in those days, there weren’t any automatic transmissions in our fire trucks. There was an art to driving those trucks. I was working in Long Lake, and was the last one to the fire hall. The first engine was gone, the rescue truck was gone, and I’m the only one here. All of a sudden I turned around, and there was Tony Feser, and I said, ‘Tony can you drive me up there?’ and he says, ‘You betcha!’ We got in a truck, drove up to the fire, and we laid lines for a water supply for the other truck. That is what I remember, him driving me to the fire.
There were many of those calls where he would be outside working in his garden, and if he heard the siren go off he would know that there was a fire call. A lot of times if the alarm went off again within a couple of minutes, that signaled that it was a real fire and not just some alarm. He would come up to the fire station, and wherever he could help, he was there.
I remember one day he rode in our tanker to a couple of different fires with my brother Cookie (Klapprich) driving. We had three calls going at once, and he would ride with Cookie. That’s probably 10 to 15 years ago. He was quite the guy.
I used to plow his driveway. I don’t remember what the deal was, if he had a stoke, or he had something happen to him. He went to the hospital for a day or two, and so Greg Rye calls me up and says ‘Tony isn’t supposed to be shoveling snow. Can you plow his driveway and scoop his walk?’ I said yeah, yeah. I remember, if I wanted to beat Tony to shoveling his walk, I had to be up pretty early. I think he was up by 4 am every morning. Half the time he beat me. He’s not supposed to be shoveling the snow, and it would be all done when I would get there.
He was pro fire department. He was one of those really nice guys.
Stay tuned to Wayzata.com for the official Obituary notice from David Lee Funeral Home, to be released shortly. In the meantime, here are some of the details for his funeral:- Mass of Christian Burial 11 AM Monday, June 13, 2011 at the Church of St. Bartholomew, 630 E. Wayzata Blvd., Wayzata.
- Visitation 5-7 PM Sunday AT THE CHURCH with prayer service at 7 PM and one hour prior to Mass at church.
- Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
David Lee Funeral Home
Wayzata 952-473-5577
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Several fire departments from the surrounding communities responded to a house fire located at 3944 Enchanted Drive in Minnetrista this afternoon.
Stay tuned. We will have more info and hundreds of photos available shortly.
3944 Enchanted Drive, Minnetrista, MN burned to the ground earlier this afternoon. Photo copyright Dan Gustafson. Update at 5:26: A neighbor reported that it appeared a gas grill on the back deck caught the home on fire. It proceeded to the garage, where one of the vehicles inside exploded and caught the rest of the home on fire.
Many Fire Departments responded: Mound, Watertown, Long Lake, Loretto, Wayzata, Minnetonka, Chaska, Maple Plain, and probably a few others I am forgetting.
It was tough for the fire departments to fight this fire, because there are no hydrants in this area of homes. Each Fire Department brought a tanker truck or two to help douse the flames, would empty, and run back up the street to refill.
According to a number of reports, the family that owned the home was not inside when the fire occurred, but the family dogs were inside and have yet to be found. Other reports indicate that there was an explosion–maybe the gas grill.
Click here to view (and buy) hundreds of photos of the home burning, the fire trucks, the firemen, and more: 3944 Enchanted Drive, Minnetrista, MN – Lake Minnetonka House Fire
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The Wayzata Fire Department responded to a call this afternoon for a garage fire located at 309 Barry Avenue in Wayzata.a2a_linkname=”Wayzata.com”;a2a_linkurl=”http://www.wayzata.com”;
The call was a minor one, and there were no injuries. The occupants of the home were not inside when it occurred.
Check out the photos here: 306 Barry Ave Fire
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