Pillager Area Fire & Rescue

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To all of our Fire Dads, Fire Uncles, Fire Brothers & Fire Grandpas out there! THANK YOU for all you sacrifice on any gi...
06/21/2026

To all of our Fire Dads, Fire Uncles, Fire Brothers & Fire Grandpas out there! THANK YOU for all you sacrifice on any given day! We are proud of you! 🇺🇸 🚒🔥

Showing up matters.
06/21/2026

Showing up matters.

06/10/2026

At 21:14, we were paged to a report of a motorcycle accident, with injuries, on CR1 near Pillager Lake. Upon arrival, our responders found a single rider had lost control after hitting a deer at a high rate of speed.

Traffic was temporarily stopped while North Ambulance, our responders & two officers from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office helped the victim.

The rider was loaded & transported via ambulance to a landing zone nearby where Life Link III awaited. The rider was airlifted to St Cloud hospital.

Sharing info on activity happening in the Pillager-to-Walker and surrounding areas this week. Between the morning of Jun...
06/04/2026

Sharing info on activity happening in the Pillager-to-Walker and surrounding areas this week.

Between the morning of June 4th 2026 and the early hours of June 5th 2026, five Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters from the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade of the Minnesota National Guard will be conducting flight exercises from Camp Ripley to the Walker Municipal Airport as part of their regularly scheduled annual training.

Community questions, comments, or concerns may be directed to Capt. Erica Iverson, public affairs officer for the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, at [email protected].

Media inquiries can be directed to 1st Lt. Austin Stibbe, public affairs officer with the Minnesota National Guard Joint Force Headquarters at 651.282.4403 or [email protected].

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05/28/2026

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05/28/2026

❗️Update: it was relayed to us that the child is now in stable condition. Thank you all for your prayers and support! 5-29-26 PFD

Critical patient tonight was airlifted to Children’s Hospital.

We would like to thank The Lee Family for allowing us to use their yard for a Landing Zone. ❤️

05/27/2026

❗️There may be Smoke in the Area❗️
We have been asked to make the community aware that The Nature Conservancy is looking at a potential window to conduct a prescribed burn. The dates/timeframe would be May 28-30th at Sylvan Park on the South Side of Sylvan Lake (Pillager, MN).

The firing operation would take place late morning one of those days and be completed by mid- to late afternoon that same day.

**Any questions or concerns can be directed to The Nature Conservancy** Pillager Fire is not involved in this RX Burn**

🇺🇸All Gave Some. Some Gave All.🇺🇸
05/24/2026

🇺🇸All Gave Some. Some Gave All.🇺🇸

Hey Pillager Area peeps- Just giving a quick recap of some recent calls we’ve had. Since May 1st, we’ve responded to 14 ...
05/14/2026

Hey Pillager Area peeps-
Just giving a quick recap of some recent calls we’ve had. Since May 1st, we’ve responded to 14 calls.
5/1- medical @ 13:52
5/1- grass fire @ 21:32
5/3- lawn mower fire next to structure @ 9:49am
5/3- grass fire @ 15:03
5/4- grass fire RR (multiple starts)@12:25am
5/6- medical @ 8:04am
5/7- medical @ 15:09
5/7- medical @ 15:54
5/8- medical @ 8:12am
5/8- medical @ 16:02
5/8- medical @ 18:41*🥎
5/12- vehicle fire @ 15:50*🚙
5/12- structure fire @ 21:00**🚒
5/13- grass fire @ 12:55 ***🔥

*🥎 2 HS softball players collided hard on the field requiring 2 ambulances. Both girls were injured.

*🚙Vehicle was on WB 210 in front of Hengel’s. We had to shut down the highway for a brief moment to position trucks, get traffic control in place due to smoke & keep our FF’s safe(r).

**🚒Fully involved structure at Camp Jim. Mutual aid was requested from Brainerd Fire for water & man power. We used approximately 15,000 gallons of water. Nobody was injured & the structure was a total loss. We had 20 Firefighters from PFD (not sure how many BFD were there). PFD was on scene until 1:30am….then clean up commenced. All FF’s left the hall by 3am. 🥱

***🔥 Grass fire caused by a tree on a power line. This caused 2 different fires approximately 1/4 mile apart & was likely the cause of a huge power outage. DNR responded with us & we were able to squash both fires relatively quickly.

To all the women who can run a shift, run on three hours of sleep, and still somehow know where the missing shoe, charge...
05/10/2026

To all the women who can run a shift, run on three hours of sleep, and still somehow know where the missing shoe, charger, snack, and homework folder are.

To the women carrying responsibility at work and at home with grit, love, and a level of mental multitasking that honestly deserves federal recognition.

To YOU… Happy Mother’s Day. Hope you feel celebrated today. 💐

❤️‍🔥And a very special THANK YOU to all the Mommas of Pillager Area Fire & Rescue who “run the scene at home while we are on scene”. We love you all!!

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