Editing Champlin, Minnesota (section)

===Fire===
Champlin's fire services are provided by the joint Anoka-Champlin Fire Department. Champlin and [[Anoka, Minnesota|Anoka]] have shared a fire department since 1985, with individual fire stations in each city. The Anoka-Champlin Fire Department moved to the Champlin Public Safety Facility in 2008. The facility has three fire truck bays and should meet the city's fire protection needs for the foreseeable future.

The fire department has 41 volunteer firefighters. Averaging 680 calls per year, the department covers {{convert|16|sqmi|km2}} with two aerial trucks, four engines, two grass rigs, two tankers, two boats, one command/rescue truck, two hazardous materials trailers, one Homeland Security truck, one ice rescue sled, and two squads.

One of the state's most traditional fire departments, the Anoka-Champlin Fire Department is distinguished by its tradition of using white vehicles, a nod to the days when Anoka firefighters used white horses to pull their steam fire engines. When motorized vehicles replaced the horse-drawn engines, the department selected white for the color of its motorized equipment.