The Lake Johanna Fire Department responds to and investigates all known fires within our response area. In a typical year we encounter 12-15 structure fires as well as numerous close calls, vehicle fires, grass/vegetation fires.

The Lake Johanna Fire Department participates in close to 200 documented events annually ranging from station tours to school safety talks to multi-day open houses. The on-duty crews also have countless interactions with the public that are impromptu and not documented.

The Lake Johanna Fire Department responds to all medical emergencies along with ALS (Advanced Life Support) responders to provide initial care and support to the ALS crews. Nearly all members of the department are at least EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians) with some having Paramedic and/or Nursing and other healthcare backgrounds as well.

The Lake Johanna Fire Department responds to all water emergencies along with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol. Surface rescue is provided by personnel via Cold Water Survival Suits and our two boats.

The North Suburban Hazardous Materials (NSHM) Team is a NIMS Type II joint powers team between the Falcon Heights, Lake Johanna, New Brighton, Saint Anthony, Vadnais Heights Fire Departments. This Team serves the cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, New Brighton, North Oaks, Saint Anthony, Shoreview, and Vadnais Heights. The total population served by the NSHM is approximately 100,000 people in suburban Ramsey and Hennepin County. The NSHM Team primary response area contains the major Interstate Freeways of 694, 35W, and 35E as well as other major state highways, county and municipal roadways. The area also contains multiple universities, several military installations as well as a variety of manufacturing and production facilities. The NSHM Team is trained and equipped to conduct a variety of activities related to the mitigation of a hazardous materials event, unknown chemical identification, toxic industrial chemical monitoring, radiation monitoring, as well as a variety of chemical/biological weapons detection. Additionally, the NSHM Team is equipped to provide real-time video feeds, scene documentation, plume modeling, onsite weather information, integration with law enforcement operations, and other site and incident support capabilities. The NSHM Team can conduct decontamination efforts for affected personnel including ambulatory and non-ambulatory victims in all weather conditions.

The North Suburban Technical Rescue Team currently consists of members from the Lake Johanna and Roseville Fire Departments. The team is equipped to handle high angle, low angle and confined space rescues within Arden Hills, North Oaks, Roseville and Shoreview. The team is trained to handle situations from storm sewers to multi story construction cranes.

The Lake Johanna Fire Department has reciprocal Auto Aid agreements for structure fires with New Brighton, Roseville, Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake Fire Departments. The location of the incident dictates which neighboring departments are alerted. Lake Johanna Fire also has reciprocal Auto Aid agreements with Little Canada and Vadnais Heights Fire Departments for any call in the western portion of the 694/35E interchange due to access limitations.

The Lake Johanna Fire Department participates in the Closest Unit Response model which supplements a standard response for structure fires and water emergencies with a properly equipped asset that is closer than the standard response units, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries. To provide the very best customer service, Ramsey County Fire Departments have recognized that our customers don’t care whose name is on the truck; they simply want the assets that are in the best position to help.

The Lake Johanna Fire Department has put in place a process to share resources in a reciprocal fashion with the Roseville and Vadnais Heights Fire Departments during short term surge situations. For an immediate response to a critical call that cannot initially be covered by the host department, they may call upon one anothers staffed crews. This provides for an immediate response without delay and in general produces very little additional cost to either department while providing the very best customer service to all of the participating communities.