Keewatin Fire Department

06/20/2026

Flashback Friday! Training 8-25-1941

06/15/2026

06/15/2026

Keewatin Fire is in need of people interested in serving their community.

Some benefits include:

-A retirement based on years served
-Free fire truck rides
- A cool helmet
- An experience you’ll never forget

06/14/2026

🔥RED FLAG WARNING issued for most of the Minnesota arrowhead. The last time a Red Flag Warning was in place for these areas the Two Harbors fire was burning. Don’t let the recent rain fool you. The National Weather Service says conditions are ripe for wildfires today. They say burning is not recommended.

06/13/2026

06/11/2026

This week we practiced on staying familiar with pump operations and water supply using our Engine 22.

We also practiced with a new hydrant connection called a Hy-conn. This connector allows us to connect to a hydrant for water supply even faster reducing time when seconds count.

06/10/2026

This months firefighter highlight

Mike Childs, Firefighter / EMR

Mike joined the Keewatin Fire Department in April of 2019. He has always liked helping people and wanted to do it on a higher scale by bettering the community he’s lived in his whole life. After joining the department, he discovered he really enjoyed it and the role model he gets to be for his kids, family, and friends. He feels that hard work isn’t always worth a paycheck but the fulfillment of helping others is what makes it worth it.

06/03/2026

The Itasca County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing man.

Randy Darland, 47, was reported missing Monday but has been missing for months.

https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/06/03/itasca-county-authorities-search-man-missing-since-december/

06/01/2026

05/31/2026

Keewatin and Nashwauk firefighters were paged out this morning to a fire at General Waste and Recycling in Keewatin. The fire was reported around 5:15 in the 35000 block
of County Road 571. A Keewatin Fire official told The Northland Fire Wire that the fire was in a demolition pile. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Submitted photo.