BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Registration is closed. You may join us with no guarantee a box lunch will be available. You’re invited to a fascinating Vocatio nal Off-Site at the new Edina Fire Station 2! This meeting location repl aces our meeting at Edina Country Club. There is no additional cost to sta ndard RCE members. Senior active members and guests will be billed $27. 📅  Date: Thursday\, April 30\, 2026 🕧  Time: Doors Open @ 12: 15 Program 12:30 – 1:30 PM (Box lunch included) 📍  Location: 4401 W 76th Street 📝  Registration is required (Add sandwich preference in Comments - Turkey - Beef - Veggie) Fire Station 2 in Edina hosted a ded ication of the city's relocated and new fire station on October 30\, 2025.   In the past six years\, Edina worked on relocating Fire Station 2. The original station 2 ran for nearly 30 years\, but the Fire Department wasn ’t able to fulfill its duties in controlling its response area making th e station’s move from the smaller York Avenue facility absolutely necess ary. “In 2022\, we discussed site selection with [the Edina] City Counci l\, and then in 2023\, we discussed the actual project and construction. T hroughout 2022\, after we identified and purchased the site\, [we] began t he process of construction and design. That was just throughout the next f ew years\,” Slama said. Andrew Slama grew up in a farming community in S outhern Minnesota.  He joined the Fire Service in 2004 and has worked in multiple Fire Departments with varying service delivery models\, including Mankato\, Savage\, Mdewakanton\, and Edina.  In 2021\, he was hired as t he Fire Chief for the Edina Fire Department.  Edina Fire is the only fire -based ambulance service in Hennepin County.  He is the vice-chair of the legislative committee for the MN State Fire Chiefs Association and co-cha irs the Minnesota EMS Delivery and Sustainability Task Force. We look forw ard to seeing you there! Ann Platt Speaker Co-Chair\, Rotary Club of Edina DTEND:20260430T183000Z DTSTAMP:20261019T025416Z DTSTART:20260430T171500Z LOCATION:Edina Fire Station #2 SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Off-Site Vocation Day\, Edina Fire Station\, RSVP UID:7d9f61ad-7eea-43f9-8024-c973d4b5c8b8 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Event Registration is closed. You may join us with no guarantee a box lunch will be available.

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You&rsquo\;r e invited to a fascinating \;Vocational Off-Site \;at the \;ne w Edina Fire Station 2! This meeting location replaces our meeting at Edin a Country Club. There is no additional cost to standard RCE members. Senio r active members and guests will be billed $27.

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📅 \; Da te: \;Thursday\, April 30\, 2026
\n🕧 \; Time: Doors Open @ 12:15 Program 12:30 &ndash\; 1:30 PM (Box lunch included)
\n📍  \; Location: \;4401 W 76th Street
\n📝 \; Registrati on is required (Add sandwich preference in Comments - Turkey - Beef - Vegg ie)

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Fire Station 2 in Edina hosted a dedication of the city'\ ;s relocated and new fire station on October 30\, 2025. \;

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I n the past six years\, Edina worked on relocating Fire Station 2. The orig inal station 2 ran for nearly 30 years\, but the Fire Department wasn&rsqu o\;t able to fulfill its duties in controlling its response area making th e station&rsquo\;s move from the smaller York Avenue facility absolutely n ecessary.

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&ldquo\;In 2022\, we discussed site selection with [th e Edina] City Council\, and then in 2023\, we discussed the actual project and construction. Throughout 2022\, after we identified and purchased the site\, [we] began the process of construction and design. That was just t hroughout the next few years\,&rdquo\; Slama said.

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Andrew Slama grew up in a farming community in Southern Minnesota.& nbsp\; He joined the Fire Service in 2004 and has worked in multiple Fire Departments with varying service delivery models\, including Mankato\, Sav age\, Mdewakanton\, and Edina. \; In 2021\, he was hired as the Fire C hief for the Edina Fire Department. \; Edina Fire is the only fire-bas ed ambulance service in Hennepin County. \; He is the vice-chair of th e legislative committee for the MN State Fire Chiefs Association and co-ch airs the Minnesota EMS Delivery and Sustainability Task Force.

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We look forward to seeing you there!

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Ann Platt< br />\nSpeaker Co-Chair\, Rotary Club of Edina

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