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HFD Brush Truck at 2024 Good Neighbor Days Hugo Fire has a new brush fire truck serving the community. This brand new F-350 is equipped with a K3 Ultra- High-Pressure (UHP) foam system and a water tank that holds 200 gallons. The truck can serve in fighting several types of fires, including brush fires, wildland fires, hay bale fires, and other smaller fires. The truck can also aid in fighting larger fires. In the past, it has been a challenge to get all of the hot spots on a structural fire, but the UHP system will help reduce flare-ups and manpower needed for those fires. This new brush truck is expected to serve the community for 20 years. UPDATES FROM FIRE CHIEF Chief Jim Compton Jr. jrcompton@ci.hugo.mn.us ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE You are invited to the Fire Department Open House on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 11:00 am to 3:00pm at the Hugo Fire Station. Please be mindful to change your smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries every 6 months. A good way to remember this is to check your detector every time you change your clocks for daylight savings. Please remember that detectors have a service life of eight to ten years and do need to be replaced. You may want to consider hardwired ten-year life smoke/CO detectors that you don’t have to change batteries. Hugo has seen an increase in cooking related fires. Here are some facts and prevention tips that can help keep you and your family safe! Did you know? • Last year in Minnesota, the leading cause of structure fires was cooking • Cooking fires caused nearly $6 million in damage last year in Minnesota Prevention Tips • Stay in the kitchen when cooking • Before leaving the kitchen, turn off the stove and re- move any pans from hot burners • Keep flammable materials – oven mitts, towels, wooden spoons, etc. – at least three feet away from the stove • Avoid loose-fitting clothing that can easily catch fire If you have a cooking fire • If a fire starts on a stovetop, slide a tight-fitting lid on the pan, turn off the heat, don’t open the lid, and call 911 • If you have a microwave or oven fire, leave the door closed, turn off the heat, and call 911 • Do not put water on a cooking fire • In any situation, evacuate your family from the home 7 SMOKE/CO DETECTORS PREVENTCOOKINGFIRES The Hugo Fire Department asks residents to use caution while having recreational fires and have a water source nearby. Burning permits are required for any fire over 3 feet by 3 feet and can be found at www.ci.hugo.mn.us/hfd. Reminder to Hugo residents that as the leaves begin to fall, open burning is not permitted within the City unless a permit was obtained. Open burning includes burning to dispose of vegetative matter. OPEN BURNINGREMINDER