Municipal services The Bloomington Fire Department is one of Minnesota's largest remaining volunteer fire departments, operates out of six fire stations, and uses the latest in fire-fighting equipment. The department has 30 fire-fighting vehicles, including pumpers, hook and ladders, specialty units (one vehicle compact enough to navigate the Mall of America's parking ramps), and spares, all of which are equipped with Opticom System equipment, which automatically switches traffic signals to expedite emergency runs. The average response time is four minutes.
Municipal services The Bloomington Fire Department is one of Minnesota's largest remaining volunteer fire departments operates out of six fire stations and uses the latest in fire-fighting equipment The department has 30 fire-fighting vehicles including pumpers hook and ladders specialty units (one vehicle compact enough to navigate the Mall of America's parking ramps) and spares all of which are equipped with Opticom System equipment which automatically switches traffic signals to expedite emergency runs The average response time is four minutes