Roseville Firefighters Test Rescue and Fire Attack Skills at Live Burn

The room was pitch black and filled with smoke. Firefighters couldn’t see their gloves in front of their faces, so they dropped to their hands and knees and relied on their other heightened senses and years of training to search for survivors.

They crawled along the periphery of the room, balancing 80 pounds of gear on their backs, reaching into the darkness feeling for anyone still trapped inside. Other firefighters pulled hose into the burning building and attacked the fire.

Four survivors wer...

New Roseville Fire Cadet Gains Valuable Experience

Jarod Henderson was working as an emergency medical technician as part of an ambulance crew when he first saw firefighters in action.

Firefighters helped rescue an individual suffering from a medical emergency who was trapped behind a locked door.

“Seeing how they worked and navigated the situation was really cool.” Henderson said. “At that moment in time, I thought I want to do what they do.”

Henderson, 22, has been hired as the City of Roseville’s second firefighter cadet, a hands-on part-time emp...

Press Release: Roseville Fire Responds to Residence Hall Blaze

The Roseville Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a University of Northwestern residence hall and extinguished a kitchenette blaze on Tuesday, February 7.

No injuries were reported, but a resident room in the building sustained fire and smoke damage. An adjacent hallway also sustained minor smoke damage.

Firefighters were dispatched at 10:35 p.m. Tuesday to the residence hall on Eagle Drive. Upon arrival, th...

Give Blood and Receive a $10 Gift Card

Help save lives - donations are urgently needed! Give blood at the Roseville Fire Station on October 21 and receive a $10 gift card to a retailer of your choice!

New Roseville Fire Cadet Gains Valuable Experience

A new program at Roseville Fire is strengthening the pool of candidates to become professional firefighters.

Ella DeVine is Roseville Fire’s first Fire Cadet to work with the City. Through the cadet program, DeVine will work with current firefighters in the field, while attending courses to receive her Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and fire certifica...

Roseville Explorer Program Accepting New Registrations

The City of Roseville is expanding it's Fire explorer program, and invites all those interested in a career in emergency medical services, to find out more!

This is where I got my passion in firefighting," says Reilly Keenan, a Roseville fire fighter. "I always thought I wanted to be a fire fighter, but the explorer program, being out with the crews and training, that's what solidified it f...

Roseville Fire Ramps Up Emergency Services

All of the pieces are starting to come together for a first-in-the-state approach to advanced life support. This spring, the City of Roseville Fire Department began “phase three” of services that they can provide during critical and life-saving moments.

What is Advanced Life Support (ALS)?

Advanced Life Support, or ALS, is basically a set of tools that Roseville Fire paramedics have at their disposal—from medications to equipment. These new tools are expected to improve the outcomes of serious incidents w...

Q&A with Fire Chief David Brosnahan

Chief David Brosnahan has been the head of Roseville Fire since June, 2021. We caught up with him to talk about his favorite part of being a fire fighter, and why you [probably] won’t see him in a bouncy house any time soon.

What made you want to become a firefighter? 

Chief Brosnahan: I started with the Roseville fire department back in 2003 as a paid on-call firefighter. I was a sophomore in college at Hamline University and actually at the time, I wanted to be a jo...

Mayor, Council present "State of the City" address

In this year’s State of the City Address, Mayor Dan Roe, City Council members, and City of Roseville staff co-created a video presentation that reviews the work of the City through our long-held community aspirations.