littleflameHow many fire departments are there in Minnesota?
There are 791 fire departments in Minnesota. Eleven departments (Cloquet, Duluth, Minneapolis, Moorhead, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Richfield, Rochester, Rochester Airport, South St. Paul, St. Paul, and Virginia) are career departments. Forty two departments are combination (some career and some paid on call members): Albert Lea, Anoka-Champlin, Austin, Bemidji, Brainerd [City], Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Cottage Grove, Crookston, East Grand Forks, Eden Prairie, Edina, Ely, Eveleth, Faribault, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hastings, Hibbing, International Falls, Mankato, Maple Grove, Maplewood, Mdewakanton Sioux Community, North St. Paul, Oakdale, Owatonna, Plymouth, Red Wing, Roseville, Spring Lake Park, St. Anthony, St. Cloud, St. Louis Park, Stillwater, Thief River Falls, Waseca, West Metro Fire-Rescue District, West St. Paul, Winona. 738 departments are volunteer or paid on call (of these, 38 have a paid full time fire chief: Andover, Apple
