Community Outreach

Ashes

Ashes continues to be VERY busy in the community and with training. Some highlights include visiting RAHS for a career fair and the forensics class and talking with residents at Amira Choice Roseville. In May she completed her annual recertification with BOTH of her handlers passing their individual assessments with flying colors!

Explorers

Explorer Post 9547 continues to grow!! Our Explorers have been VERY active and are gearing up to participate in the Fire Explorer Competition at the MN State Fair in August. This group has also been essential in helping with all of our community events like Fridays with Firefighters. If you have are interested in joining fire explorers checkout our website for more info!

Community Gatherings

The beginning of summer is when events really start to pick up! The nice weather brings people out and allows our community to gather together! This year we were able to attend many City sponsored events like Community in Bloom at Lake McCarrons Park and Kickoff to Summer and Juneteenth in Central Park. We love having residents stop by to chat and ask questions. 

2025 Rosefest

The 2025 Rosefest activities went off without a hitch this year! The weather was great for the parade and we had lots of visitors during the Touch A Truck event and Party in the Park. Firefighters were also on standby during the Run for the Roses and the fireworks at Central Park. Thanks to all of our firefighters and Explorers that helped with the extra events!

RAHS Forensics Class

Battalion Chief DuBay continued his work with the Forensic Class at the high school for the spring semester. Our new fire inspector Steve Erickson was also able to participate. This is a great class that allows students to get a glimpse of all that goes into fire arson investigations. It's truly hands on and kids are able to create model buildings and "solve" an arson. We're very grateful for this ingoing relationship with the high school. 

Fridays with Firefighters

This is our 11th year doing Fridays with Firefighters! We continue to have plenty of visitors and love seeing new and familiar faces! This year we welcomed a new guest, Lindstrom Restoration, who provided a very eye opening demonstration of why it is so important to sleep with you bedroom doors closed. Firefighters were able to participate and help put out the fire. 

If you haven't made it to an event yet, we've got one on July 11 and August 8, from 10 to noon! Rain or shine we'll be here!

Notable Events

Rosedale Estates Fire

A significant fire at Rosedale Estates reached a second alarm as the fire spread from the original area it began (kitchen) to the apartment above and into the attic space. Firefighters were able to stop the fire from spreading which resulted in only two units receiving damage. No injuries were reported at this incident.

Arson Fire

On June 2nd firefighters responded to a dwelling fire. At the scene, officers observed smoke coming from the roof and a fire in the kitchen area. An officer entered the smoke-filled home through an unlocked door, extinguished the kitchen fire and then exited so firefighters could search the home and continue with fire suppression efforts.

Other Roseville Police officers helped two residents and a dog escape through a basement egress window. A third resident, later identified as the suspect, was not located in the home. The fire was brought under control at approximately 11:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. Firefighters detected the presence of accelerants and other evidence, indicating that the fire was intentionally set. 

Officers arrested a suspect at a local gas station. Roseville Fire was assisted on scene by Lake Johanna Fire Department, Little Canada Fire Department, Maplewood Fire Department, the Ramsey County Fire Investigation Team, and the State Fire Marshal. 

Shoreview Townhome Fire 

RFD assisted our partners at Lake Johanna Fire with a townhome fire at the intersection of Lexington Ave and Victoria St. The fire was spotted by an off duty Ramsey County Sheriffs Deputy who was able to rescue a vulnerable adult from inside. 

Vehicle Rescue

Crews were dispatched for a medical call and upon arrival rescued a resident from their truck after it went over a retaining wall. 

Water Rescue in Arden Hills

In the early morning hours of April 25th RFD firefighters along with LJFD firefighters responded to a vehicle in a pond. Thankfully the driver sustained only minor injuries and with assistance from firefighters was able to get out of their vehicle.

New Brighton Garage Fire

At the end of April RFD was dispatched to a garage fire in neighboring New Brighton with a requested ladder and for additional assistance. 

New Engine

The new Rosenbauer EV engine is nearing completion. Keep an eye out for more info on when it goes in service!

Training Events

Live Burn Training

We conducted our battalion level live fire training in April with each battalion having a separate day of training. This live fire training is focused on the core skillset of each and every firefighter on our department and is used to reinforce all of the training topics we focus on throughout a year.

New Hoseloads 

Our firefighters are always evaluating changes that we can make to our operations to help us be more effective. After months of research and discussion, we chose to change the way we load fire hose onto our fire trucks for deployment at a fire incident. This new method helps to save critical time when seconds count and after training on this new technique for hundreds of hours this spring and summer, we have deployed this “new to us” method on our apparatus.

Region SEARCH Training

Through a grant from the MBFTE we were able to host a Search training with Justin McWilliams, a nationally recognized instructor on search and rescue techniques. He presented a class to over 150 firefighters from the entire upper midwest. This was an incredible opportunity for the fire service in the area and we are grateful for the opportunity to host. In addition to participating in this large group training session, Roseville Firefighters were able to spend a separate day with the instructor focusing on hands on skills to make our firefighters better at these critical skills!