The University of Minnesota opened the F.I.R.E. (Fire Information Research and Education) Center on August 15, 1969. The center supported the State Advisory Council on Fire Service Education and Research and acted as an information gathering, research, and data evaluation agency, a focal point for collection and distribution of information related to state fire service needs. On July 1, 1986, the center was transferred to the State Board of Technical Colleges and, in 1990, emergency medical services were added. The center, which then included a research library, became part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities [MnSCU] in 1995 and was renamed the Fire/EMS Center. In 1998, it became the Fire/EMS/Safety Center and Library. The center closed some time prior to 2012.
From the guide to the Records., 1958-2008., (Minnesota Historical Society)
