Blog - MnFIRE - Minnesota Firefighter Initiative

2020 was one of the deadliest years in modern memory for Minnesota firefighters, including multiple suicides of active...

Did you know? The rate of line-of-duty deaths from cancer-related illness is rapidly increasing and is on pace...

By Dr. Margaret Gavian, Medical Director, MnFIRE Stress, and particularly traumatic stress, is an occupational hazard of being...

There is a crisis in our fire service – more and more Minnesota firefighters are tragically losing their...

Firefighters experience higher rates of certain types of diagnoses and cancer-related deaths compared to the general U.S. population,...

Cardiovascular disease is the number-one killer of firefighters nationwide and is by far the leading cause of line-of-duty...

Minnesota musician Larry Long was inspired to write “Firefighter” – along with Eden Prairie’s retired-fire chief (and current...

A lot of people talk about wanting to forget 2020 ever happened, but for MnFIRE, there’s at least...

As we’re looking ahead to the next legislative session in early 2021, the disparity between fire service spending...