City of Minot history

Minot, city, seat (1888) of Ward county, north-central North Dakota, United States It lies on the Souris River (also called the Mouse River), about 50 miles (80 km) south of the Canadian border and about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Bismarck.

In 1905, City Hall was built in the 100 block of First Avenue Southwest.

The first records start to show up in 1908.

The year 1913 was an important one to the Minot Fire Department.

In 1927, the number of paid personnel went from 4 to 5 with the addition of another firefighter.

In 1931, the Minot Fire Department became a fully paid department.

In 1942, horses were used again for a short while.

Prior to 1946: Chief Claude Metz

28, 1957, the Fire Department moved into new quarters, leaving the First Avenue location that had housed the department for 52 years and moving into the new station on the corner of 6th Street and 2nd Avenue.

In 1958, the firefighter’s hours were cut from 72 hours per week to 63 hours per week.

11, 1965, the department opened its first substation, named Station 2.

1, 1980, the department opened its second substation named Station 3, at the Minot International Airport.

In 2001, the headquarters station was moved to 2111 10th Street Southwest to improve response times to rapidly growing south Minot.

In 2002, the department began receiving funding for equipment to do regional response for northwest North Dakota for hazardous materials incidents.