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Brainerd,MN 56401 Brainerd Dispatch customer support 'Day in the
Life' of two Brainerd firefighters Brainerd MN 506 James St. /
PO Box 974 56401  7:50 a.m. ● Brainerd Fire Department full-time
equipment operators Capt. Kurt Doree and Engineer Lance Davis
arrive at the fire hall located on 23 Laurel St., Brainerd, for
their 24-hour shift. The first thing they do is exchange
information with the previous shift on what the firefighters did
on their shift and what needs to be done. After the exchange
they both grab their trauma bag and clean them out and take out
their old gear and replace it with their new gear. The fire
department received a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant
for $35,800 for 19 sets of gear; the fire department paid 10
percent. The firefighters will use their old gear as back-up
gear or it will be used by firefighters with less seniority.
Doree and Davis then checked the