St. Cloud Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 464

Ladies and Gentlemen, your St. Cloud Firefighters are asking for your support now more than ever! With an estimated 32% increase in call volume, it is essential that we have your support this fall to build the resources needed! It is the highest priority of the SCFD to ensure that we can continue to offer the highest quality of professional service to you and loved ones; not just today but for years and years to come!

It’s more than just a referendum! It’s an investment in our community!

🚒 Your St.Cloud Firefighters Need Your Support 🚒

The St. Cloud City Council just approved a ballot measure asking YOU, the residents, to support a critical investment in our community’s safety—a new fire station and live fire training facility.

🔥Why is this important?🔥

With our city growing rapidly, especially around Tech High School, response times are becoming a serious concern. The proposed station at 33rd Street South and Highway 15 isn’t just about covering one neighborhood; it will improve response times across ALL of St. Cloud.

But it’s not just about getting to emergencies faster. Our firefighters desperately need a dedicated training facility. Right now, we don’t have access to the live fire training necessary to keep our skills sharp and our community safe. The new station would include a state-of-the-art training tower, preparing us to handle everything from single-family home fires to large commercial blazes. It could also serve as a regional training center, benefiting neighboring departments too.

📅 **Timeline:**
- **2025:** Planning begins
- **2026:** Construction starts
- **2027:** Station completed

We’re on pace to respond to over 10,000 calls this year —a 32% increase from past years. We need this new station to continue protecting you and your loved ones effectively.

💪 **Stand with us, St. Cloud. Vote YES to support your firefighters this November!** 💪

Your Saint Cloud Firefighters are currently involved with the recruit academy. We not only base our search culture around the , but also, known and well practiced techniques. The recruits have the opportunity to take what they learned in the classroom and on the drill ground and put them to the test while refining their skills.
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Our number one priority is always life safety. This is an important lesson that they will continue to build upon as the weeks progress.

Your Saint Cloud firefighters had a detached garage fire a few weeks back. Engine 1 arrived and pulled an attack line to the garage for fire attack. Fire was knocked down with ease and overhaul was started. Commonly garage attics are used as storage space and this was no different. Major overhaul was needed to ensure a complete fire out situation.

Your St Cloud Firefighters have been on an Instagram hiatus for a while but we’d like to say we are back and shall be posting regularly and keep updating ! We’ve got some big news we’d like to get out soon! Stay tuned for updates and in the meantime, enjoy some photos of our members 🤙🏼

Citizens of Saint Cloud, we need your help this fall. There is a big referendum on the ballot and we need your support. This new Station will not only better serve the south west portion of Saint Cloud but provide better and faster service to the entire city by allowing resources to better stay in their own districts.

Please watch the video for more information.

St. Cloud Fire Department 2024 Fire Station Referendum Information St. Cloud Fire Chief Matt Love provides information about the upcoming November 2024 St. Cloud Ballot Referendum for a new fire station. The Chief covers rec...

Today, we honor the brave men and women who have received the Purple Heart. National Purple Heart Day is a day of remembrance and respect for those who have been wounded or killed in combat while serving our nation. Their courage, sacrifice, and dedication to protecting our freedom will never be forgotten.

Please take a moment and pay tribute to these soldiers and to reflect on the immense sacrifices made by our military personnel and their families. Let us never take their service for granted.

IAFF Local 464 would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of those who have been awarded a Purple Heart medal.

Rumor has it there will be a special guest in the dunk tank! Can’t wait to see you this Saturday!!!!

Pop-Up Splash Pad Cooling Down St. Cloud This Saturday (KNSI) - Just in time for some summer heat, St. Cloud's Pop-Up Splash Pad is back this Saturday. Temperatures ...

St. Cloud City Council to Vote on New Fire Station Proposal and Housing Policy at Tonight’s Meeting (KNSI) - At tonight's meeting, the St. Cloud City Council will likely approve asking voters to give the green ...

June 30th 11am-2pm @ Lake George!

IAFF Local 464 would like to congratulate three of its members on their promotion to the rank of Fire Captain!

Congratulations to Fire Apparatus Operator Adam Bondhus, Fire Apparatus Operator Paul Fletcher, and Firefighter Tony Rivera! We wish them the very best as they start a new chapter in their fire service career as officers!

The members of IAFF Local 464 are jacks of all trades! Firefighters, EMTs, Hazmat Techs… and Skateboarders! Okay, maybe not all of us but one of us is! Probationary Firefighter Guite and the crew of Engine 2, A Shift hit the skatepark for the “That’s How I Roll” event put on by the St. Cloud Police!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell, the Minneapolis Police Department, and all those affected by this tragedy.

Union 464 Leadership is attending the IAFF 5th District Conference in Minneapolis.

Union President Rivera, VP Kedrowski, Secretary Rupar, and Union Representative Sahr will spend the next two days learning about benefits and programs offered by the IAFF. In addition they will attend leadership workshops to ensure the needs of our members are met!

The cost of freedom is great; so many brave men and women have paid the ultimate sacrifice. They have done so to protect our way of life and the freedom we as Americans hold dear.

Memorial Day is so much more than the start of summer, a long weekend, or a sale… it’s a day to remember and honor the fallen.

SCFD will be partaking in a mock crash at Apollo High School this morning. Details below.

Mock Crash at Apollo High School to Highlight Safe Driving During Prom Season (KNSI) - If you see a large police presence around Apollo High School in St. Cloud, don't be alarmed. It's onl...

Great job by members of Saint Paul Firefighters IAFF Local 21! Professional and compassionate!

Now this is what a "community" does!

"Community" is helping each other get thru the hard times and try to lessen the pain in any way we can.

This is exactly what the St. Paul Saint Paul Firefighters IAFF Local 21 did!

They donated $10,000 to the father who lost 3 children in a devastating house fire. His wife is still hospitalized. The firefighters visited with the father today and spent some time playing with the children❤......this is "community!"
https://www.twincities.com/2024/01/13/st-paul-vang-family-fire-department-firefighters/

SAINT PAUL FIRE, you never let our community down, you are always there to rise us up.....we are so lucky to live in Saint Paul!!!!

THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, EMTS, POLICE OFFICERS, DISPATCH and all the others who assisted in this horrible tragedy....YOU ARE OUR HEROES!!!!❤️💙🤍💛

I am so PROUD to have my business in this wonderful city of St. Paul!!!!! We have the BEST FIRE and POLICE DEPT!!!!!

YOU SEE👀......WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER!!!

We are proud to announce our SCOOPS FOR SAFETY program! Your SCFD Firefighters will now have the ability to give a little extra recognition to kids seen practicing safe acts such as wearing a bike helmet when riding their bike, using crosswalks after checking for traffic, and more!

Thanks to our friends at Culver’s in St. Cloud, Firefighters now have tokens for a free scoop of ice cream to hand out to those kids who make safety a priority!

Today is International Fire Fighters Day. We want to take a second and thank our members who risk their lives to keep the community safe. We also want to say thank you to all of our brothers and sisters out there who bravely carry the title Firefighter!

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim’s family and our brothers and sisters at the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association. We hope for a fast recovery!

Fatal Milwaukee fire, 1 person dead and 1 firefighter burned "The second floor flashed over...it goes from bad to worse. The entire area near the rear became enveloped in flames...100% in flames."

Congratulations to all! Well deserved!

St. Cloud Fire Department Welcomes Eight Members to New Roles in Promotion Ceremony (KNSI) - Eight St. Cloud Fire Department members were officially welcomed into new roles during a promotion ce...

This week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week! We want to thank our partners on the other end of the radio/phone! Thank you Stearns County Sheriff's Office telecommunicators for all that you do!

Exciting times! We have long since prided ourselves in the professional services our members provide the community. As our calls for service increase and the city grows, so must our department.

New Fire Station to Be On Ballot in St. Cloud in November St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis delivered his 19th annual State of the City Address Tuesday at City Hall.

Members of IAFF Local 464 are attending the Mayor’s State of the City Address. Collaborating with city officials is essential to ensure the resources and needs of our members are met so that we can continue to offer the high caliber of service our community has come to know.

Wishing you all a SAFE and Happy Easter!