LUVERNE, MN—Midwest Fire Equipment & Repair Company (Midwest Fire) announced that the company has once again made the Prairie Business magazine’s Annual 50 Best Places to Work List. 

 “To make the list two times in a row shows that Midwest Fire is obviously doing something right and doing well for their employees,” said Prairie Business Magazine Publisher Korrie Wenzel. Prairie Business is proud to present the 50 Best Places to Work. Midwest Fire continues to demonstrate a commitment to being great and understands employees are its greatest asset and we're happy to tell about it.”

Companies were nominated through an anonymous employee satisfaction survey and rated in areas including work environment, employee benefits and employee happiness. Consideration was also given to the number of nominations received per company.   

“Being named to the Top 50 Best Places to Work List by Prairie Business magazine again this year is truly an honor,” says Sarah Atchison, president and CEO at Midwest Fire. “There are so many great companies in our region. This award is an indicator of how our employees feel about our company. We have an amazing team that is empowered to do great work.  We have regular meetings to discuss projects, review processes and procedures and the employees are the ones making Midwest Fire a great place to work.” 

For more information, visit www.midwestfire.com.

Firetrace International has achieved the Kuwait Fire Department approval for its engineered and pre-engineered systems using both 3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid and Chemours™ FM-200™.

This latest approval comes in addition to the many global, national, and local approvals and listings already obtained by Firetrace International, including UL (U.S.), P-Mark (Sweden) and, most recently, FM (Factory Mutual).

With this listing Firetrace will be able to continue its international growth and expansion, and provide customers in Kuwait, who have been patiently awaiting this approval, with fire suppression systems that offer superior performance, greater flexibility, improved value, speedier installation, and a measurable competitive edge for system installers.

Firetrace systems have many features that make them unique in their class. For more information regarding Firetrace equipment, contact the technical and sales departments at info@firetrace.com

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