Fire Safety

A Red Flag warning was issued for 14 additional counties.

The Minnesota State Fire Marshal is encouraging families to take these simple steps to reduce the chance of a house fire.

Faribault Fire Chief Dusty Dienst will be on today's KDHL AM Minnesota program at 9:30AM. When we sprung the clocks forward a couple of weeks ago, I changed the batteries in my smoke detectors as I always do when changing the clocks in the spring and fall...

Faribault Fire Chief Dusty Dienst joins us on AM Minnesota today because this is Fire Prevention Week. The program begins at 9:30AM. If you can't tune in then, listen and watch the program at www.youtube.com/user/KDHLRadio. This year's Fire Prevention Week focus is smoke alarms...

An early morning fire this week in the Twin Cities has prompted the Minnesota State Fire Marshal to encourage residents to practice their escape plan.

Due to the expected high winds on Friday and the high temperatures, fire bans have been put into place for Rice and Steele counties. This is in effect immediately and until further notice. The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Watch starting at noon and through this evening for central and southern Minnesota...