Inside White Bear Lake's Local Fire Departments
White Bear Lake Fire Department
The Department
Celebrating their 125th year, the White Bear Lake Fire Department began out of necessity. A group of approximately 20 men fought fires with horse-drawn pumpers and bucket brigades, says Sara Markoe Hanson, executive director of the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. “It was pretty rudimentary and the response time, as you can imagine, was awful.”
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