The West Metro Fire-Rescue District and Minnesota Fallen Firefighters Memorial are sponsoring an Honor Guard Clinic presented by Honor Guard Clinics and Schools, LLC. The Honor Guard Clinic will be held at Camp Ripley the weekend of March 20-22, 2026. This clinic is open to all Public Safety organizations regardless of whether you have a formal Honor Guard team. The information and training in this clinic will benefit anyone from those with no Honor Guard training to the seasoned professional. Topics to be covered include:
- Basic and advanced drill and ceremonies (facing movements, marching and saluting)
- Posting, and retrieving of the colors (single or multiple flags)
- Posting, changing and retrieving of casket guards (one or two guards and final salute)
- Casket team operations (pall bearer operations, casket movement, flag folding, loading and unloading)
- Basic and advanced planning for all types of honor guard operations (vehicle and personnel staging)
- Funeral operations
You may send an individual member or an entire team to this training. The cost is $75 per person; this includes training, meals (breakfast Saturday and Sunday; lunch Saturday & dinner Saturday) and lodging at Camp Ripley both Friday & Saturday night. There will be 12 hours of training; 1 hour Friday night 7-8 pm, 7 hours Saturday 9 am-5 pm & 4 hours Sunday morning
For more information contact Assistant Chief Joel Nelson at 763-230-7007 or jnelson@westmetrofire.com