St. Anthony Professional Firefighters - IAFF Local 3486

10/10/2026

09/29/2026

President Basara is in attendance at the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters - MPFF 89th convention this week gaining knowledge to bring home!

09/11/2026

A Shift 💪

110 flights climbed
2,200 stairs climbed
21 water bottles drank
2,000 calories burned/person (estimated on Garmin)
3 salt packets added

09/11/2026

L3486 will never forget. Today we remember the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice and those impacted by this tragedy.

09/07/2026

A Shift keeping the city safe today. Enjoy Labor Day!

08/22/2026

Cody is a passionate and knowledgeable individual with extensive experience working
with unions. Cody's attention to detail and history of working with MPFF make him a
great candidate for the position. 🚒

08/10/2026

Support our friends over at North Memorial as they take steps to unionize. 👏🏻 All For One and One for North

08/07/2026

25! 🎉

Captain Basara, our Union President, has officially been with the City of St. Anthony for 25 YEARS!

That’s thousands of medical calls, countless fires, and 25 years of collecting an absolutely ridiculous amount of knowledge.

When union members were asked to describe Joey in one word, the overwhelming winner was “knowledgeable.”

And honestly, that might be the understatement of the century.

Need to know how to handle a fire? Ask Joey.

Need to troubleshoot a sprinkler system? Ask Joey.

Wash a truck to perfection? Joey all day.

Something wrong with the apparatus? Ask Joey.

Electrical problem? Joey knows.

Building construction question? Joey knows.

Station maintenance? Joey knows.

New technology? Used to be Joey.

Animal stuck somewhere? Joey probably knows.

Want to talk training? Definitely Joey.

Need to know how to smoke a brisket? Obviously Joey.

After 25 years, Joey has accumulated enough knowledge and experience that the rest of us have basically stopped Googling things.

So, enjoy 25 photos of Joey throughout the years and join us in congratulating Captain Basara on 25 years of service, leadership, and being the guy everyone asks when they need to know how something works.

Congratulations, Joey! 25 years down—and we’re sure you still have an opinion on how we’re doing it wrong. 😂👏🚒

08/06/2026

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We are extremely excited to announce a new step forward with our association. Our members voted overwhelmingly to become an affiliated local of International Association of Fire Fighters and MN Professional Firefighters. We still be the Hennepin County Association of Paramedics and EMTs, but we will also be . We are very grateful to Mahlon, Scott, Cody, Kyle, Josh and all our union brothers and sisters who supported us in making this change. Our future is bright as we forge even stronger alliances across organized labor and public safety.

06/25/2026

One question firefighters will sometimes get is: “So you get paid to sleep at work?” Here’s the truth: Yes, sometimes we do get to sleep at work. However, most nights your L1215 firefighters are up 3,4,5 times helping members of the community. This lack of sleep adds up over the course of a 30 year career.

Now, look at this photo, L1215 firefighters average a 56 hour work week. This equates to 12 more years working than the average 40 hour a week employee. Think about that for a moment. 12 years. 12 years of lack of sleep, 12 years of missing birthdays/holidays/anniversaries.

L1215 stands ready to serve Richfield at a moment’s notice.