Pillager Area Fire & Rescue

05/28/2026

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05/28/2026

❗️Update: it was relayed to us that the child is now in stable condition. Thank you all for your prayers and support! 5-29-26 PFD

Critical patient tonight was airlifted to Children’s Hospital.

We would like to thank The Lee Family for allowing us to use their yard for a Landing Zone. ❤️

05/27/2026

❗️There may be Smoke in the Area❗️
We have been asked to make the community aware that The Nature Conservancy is looking at a potential window to conduct a prescribed burn. The dates/timeframe would be May 28-30th at Sylvan Park on the South Side of Sylvan Lake (Pillager, MN).

The firing operation would take place late morning one of those days and be completed by mid- to late afternoon that same day.

**Any questions or concerns can be directed to The Nature Conservancy** Pillager Fire is not involved in this RX Burn**

05/24/2026

🇺🇸All Gave Some. Some Gave All.🇺🇸

05/14/2026

Hey Pillager Area peeps-
Just giving a quick recap of some recent calls we’ve had. Since May 1st, we’ve responded to 14 calls.
5/1- medical @ 13:52
5/1- grass fire @ 21:32
5/3- lawn mower fire next to structure @ 9:49am
5/3- grass fire @ 15:03
5/4- grass fire RR (multiple starts)@12:25am
5/6- medical @ 8:04am
5/7- medical @ 15:09
5/7- medical @ 15:54
5/8- medical @ 8:12am
5/8- medical @ 16:02
5/8- medical @ 18:41*🥎
5/12- vehicle fire @ 15:50*🚙
5/12- structure fire @ 21:00**🚒
5/13- grass fire @ 12:55 ***🔥

*🥎 2 HS softball players collided hard on the field requiring 2 ambulances. Both girls were injured.

*🚙Vehicle was on WB 210 in front of Hengel’s. We had to shut down the highway for a brief moment to position trucks, get traffic control in place due to smoke & keep our FF’s safe(r).

**🚒Fully involved structure at Camp Jim. Mutual aid was requested from Brainerd Fire for water & man power. We used approximately 15,000 gallons of water. Nobody was injured & the structure was a total loss. We had 20 Firefighters from PFD (not sure how many BFD were there). PFD was on scene until 1:30am….then clean up commenced. All FF’s left the hall by 3am. 🥱

***🔥 Grass fire caused by a tree on a power line. This caused 2 different fires approximately 1/4 mile apart & was likely the cause of a huge power outage. DNR responded with us & we were able to squash both fires relatively quickly.

05/10/2026

To all the women who can run a shift, run on three hours of sleep, and still somehow know where the missing shoe, charger, snack, and homework folder are.

To the women carrying responsibility at work and at home with grit, love, and a level of mental multitasking that honestly deserves federal recognition.

To YOU… Happy Mother’s Day. Hope you feel celebrated today. 💐

❤️‍🔥And a very special THANK YOU to all the Mommas of Pillager Area Fire & Rescue who “run the scene at home while we are on scene”. We love you all!!

05/05/2026

This video is courtesy of Andy Johnson from the BNSF train derailment that happened in Pillager on Saturday May 2nd, 2026.

2 likes, 3 comments. "May 3, 2026 Pillager BNSF Derailment Ground footage."

05/04/2026

While you were sleeping last night, we were responding to a report of a grass fire along Hwy 210, near 11th Ave SW. The page came in at 12:25am. The first firefighter on scene reported an area approximately 50’ x 25’ along the north side of the RR Tracks that was burning. Winds were gusting to 24mph out of the SSW & humidity was 30%.

As we were finishing up at that scene, a passerby stopped to ask if we knew about “the other fire towards Baxter”. We saddled up & headed Eastward. We discovered another grass fire on the south side of the RR Tracks that was larger than our first fire. This fire was into Crow Wing County, so our Chief advised Brainerd FD & we went to work. BFD arrived a few minutes later & assisted with putting out the remaining flames & hotspots. They told us that they just had come from another grass fire near the RR tracks in Brainerd as well. We were released at 1:45am.