About the Roseland Fire Department

The Roseland Fire Department is an all-volunteer department consisting of nearly 40 members and cadets operating from a single station in Roseland, New Jersey. Each year we respond to many requests for fire and rescue services while maintaining an active role in our community. Founded in 1913, we celebrated our 100th anniversary in 2013.

Our town is primarily residential, but also contains several office complexes, schools, houses of worship, industrial sites, and has a major state highway, (Route 280) running through it. As a result, our department responds to a wide variety of incidents ranging from structure fires, car fires, motor vehicle accidents, rescues, fire alarms, medical service, electrical fires, and mutual aid to other Essex and Morris County communities. Our goal is to provide free fire and rescue services to the community of Roseland while maintaining a high level of professionalism and readiness for any emergencies that may arise.

We provide the following services: fire suppression, automobile rescue, technical rescue, high angle rescue, hazardous materials response, water rescue, basement pump-outs, fire prevention education, medical first response, and have members serving on the West Essex Technical Rescue Team.

In an emergency call 9-1-1, or for non-emergency inquiries, call 973-226-1126.

Whether it has been a hit to a steel gong, a phone call, an air raid siren, a plectron, or a pager activating, the firefighters of Roseland over the past 110 years have one thing in common; a willingness to leave their jobs, families, dinners, their children’s baseball & soccer games, or beds in the middle of the day or night to answer another’s call for help. The department’s primary mission has always been fire suppression. That is the extinguishing of fires. This mission has been accomplished with distinction, both in the borough and as requested through mutual aid responses to other towns. However, while putting out fires might be the “glamorous” and well-known part of the fire department, over the last three decades, the department only responds to an average of 5-10 “real” fires a year. So what are the other 250 plus calls a year?

• Your volunteer fire department responds to motor vehicle accidents to cut victims out of their crashed cars, to assist EMS in treating patients, or simply to clean up spilled anti-freeze or gasoline in the roadway.

• Your volunteer fire department responds to hundreds of activated residential and commercial fire alarms a year. We can’t just roll over in bed and say “wake me if it is a real fire.” Instead, we turn out and thoroughly investigate every alarm that goes off because “we never know”.

• Your volunteer fire department responds to rescue calls, whether it is a person trapped in a trench, a water tower, or an elevator that won’t open.

• Your volunteer fire department responds when your carbon monoxide detector goes off.

• Your volunteer fire department responds during storms when trees crash into houses, wires come down across the street, or your basement fills up with water.

• Your volunteer fire department responds whenever you call, whatever the reason. Nearly 40 volunteer firefighters stand ready to assist you in your time of need. We are your neighbors and co-workers. We are highly trained and spend hundreds of hours drilling in techniques to assist people and protect property. We spend hundreds of hours a year cleaning the firehouse and our equipment, making sure that it is ready to work when it is needed and lasts as long as possible. We educate the community through fire prevention activities. We provide scholarships. We sponsor events in the community like the “Run for the Roses”, the "Sparky Lunch" and the "Santa Ride Around". We appear at town events like the Memorial Day parade, bonfire, the Baseball parade, and the Greek Fair. In short, your Roseland Volunteer Fire Department is always there.

We do it because we care about our community.

We do it for free.

We are your Roseland Volunteer Fire Department, and we have responded to calls for help for over 100 years.

We look forward to volunteering our professional service into the next century.

Have a look around our website and you will find information about our history, recent events, how to join, how to donate, and much more!

For further inquiries:
*In case of fire or emergency, call 9-1-1

Non-emergency recorded line: 973-226-1126
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