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FD History and Overview <br />The Lake Johanna Fire Department Inc. was <br />organized in July of 1943 by a few dedicated <br />members residing in the New Brighton Road <br />and Lake Johanna Boulevard area of what was <br />then Mounds View Township. <br />This group of members solicited door to door <br />for donations, sponsored carnivals, booyas, and <br />other events to generate the initial capital to <br />provide needed fire protection to the area res- <br />idents. Up to this time the area was served by <br />the Mounds View Fire Department which was <br />some distance away. <br />In the fall of 1943, their efforts became a reali- <br />ty, and a two-bayfire station was erected bythe <br />members on property purchased by the Depart- <br />ment at 3242 New Brighton Road. Three years <br />later, as more service was required, a new three <br />bay station was built just north of the original <br />station at 3246 New Brighton Road. In 1943 <br />firefighting equipment consisted of a 1000-gal- <br />Ion tanker with an Office of Civilian Defense <br />skid pump. <br />'r. <br />1 <br />f, <br />In 1946 the Department mortgaged the new <br />station to purchase a new (to the Department) <br />fire truck. It was a 500 GPM triple combination <br />with a 500-gallon tank giving the Department <br />two trucks, equipment, and property valued at <br />about $25,000. <br />With the incorporation of the villages of Arden <br />Hills, North Oaks and Shoreview with their ex- <br />panding populations, again more service was <br />needed. Around 1960, Station #2 was erected <br />at 4676 Hodgson Road. <br />,lip I) <br />In 1986 Station #3 was erected at its current lo- <br />cation because of the increase of population in <br />northern Shoreview and North Oaks. <br />There was a need for further protection in the <br />southern parts of Shoreview and Arden Hills due <br />to the fast and large developments of business <br />parks and commercial buildings. This additional <br />protection is provided by Station #4 which is lo- <br />cated at 3615 Victoria Street and put into oper- <br />ation in the summer of 1988. <br />Station #3 and #4 are both owned by Shorev- <br />iew and in 2005 both Stations had significant <br />remodeling to meet current service demands. <br />Stations #2, and #3 received additional remod- <br />eling in 2012 to accommodate our changed <br />staffing model and organization's needs. <br />In 2014, all of the stations in Ramsey County <br />El <br />