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LUVERNE, M.N., September 5, 2025 – For the eighth time in recent years, and for the third year in a row, Midwest Fire was named one of 50 winners in Prairie Business Magazine’s (Prairie Business) “50 Best Places to Work 2025” contest. This is the second time Midwest Fire has accomplished the three-peat. Prairie Business holds this competition each year to reward and highlight the region’s best places to work, based solely on employee appeal and nominations.

“We are honored to be named among so many highly esteemed businesses in Minnesota,” said Midwest Fire’s CEO, Sarah Atchison. “We believe that taking excellent care of our employees has a trickle-down effect on our customers. Each one receives consistent, exceptional service from our personnel. Our team in Luverne has been instrumental in helping us succeed as a small business in an industry dominated by large conglomerates.”

Midwest Fire also received this recognition in 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024.  The award recognizes employee-nominated companies for exceptional benefits, work culture, general employee happiness, and various other pull factors that retain employees. The winners will be featured in the September issue of the magazine.  

Midwest Fire manufactures custom fire apparatus and utilizes a “factory direct” sales model. They offer continued support to customers with maintenance and repairs. Midwest Fire employees collaborate with fire departments of all sizes across the country to design and craft custom solutions to their community’s fire protection needs.