Where it all began

Morden Fire & Rescue (MFR) Chief Andy Thiessen had just moved to Killarney 45 years ago and began a job at the Coop downtown.

"I worked right across the street from the fire hall. Every once in a while, the town siren at that time would go off, and all these firefighters would show up and off they would go, and a little while later they would come back. And this happened a few times, and I kind of (thought), 'hmm, I don't know anybody in this community.' So, I walked over one day after they came back from a call. And I just told him who I was and where I worked and that I was possibly interested in joining the fire department if that was a possibility. They told me to show up in a couple of days for their fire drill, and that was the start of 45 years of being in the f

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