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with at least one ambulance sta- Department's budget. tioned in Roseville 24 hours a day. All other firefighters are volunteers, Additional rigs would be available who continue to be paid per call and in the event of a major emergency. per hours of service. (See page six.) Payment was to be made by those As of April 2003, the Roseville Fire using the service, usually by their Department had 63 volunteers, insurance. There would be no cost (including two women), in addition to the City except for providing to the four full-time, salaried staff space for parking the ambulance mentioned above. when not in service. League mem- bers were pleased that this plan At the League of Women Voters included almost all of their recom- Annual Meeting in May 2002, the mendations and was in place at the membership once again voted to time of the June 1981 tornado. The study the Roseville Fire Department plan has been reviewed periodically in response to the fact that recruit- by City staff and services have been ing volunteer firefighters was monitored for quality and cost. becoming increasingly difficult. This report will look at the current In 1992, the League of Women fire department and emerging Voters RoMaFH did an update on issues. the study of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Roseville, and The study committee is composed found that the service appeared to of six League members who live in be working to the satisfaction of Roseville.The committee has been both city officials and residents.At meeting since the summer of 2002. that time, an EMS ambulance was Note:Sources of information for this stationed in the city and response history are the publications Roseville, The Story of Its Growth,1843-1988, times seemed to be adequate. with permission of the Roseville Until 1999, all firefighters in Historical Society,and Roseville 1948- Roseville were volunteers, includ- 1953,published for the 25th anniversary ing the chief and station chiefs.All of the City of Roseville.More recent information was acquired from the City were paid per call and per hours of of Roseville administrative staff. service. The only exception was a salaried Fire Marshal whose respon- sibilities included investigation of the origin of fires, inspections to prevent fires, and education of the public on fire prevention. This posi- tion was created in 1969. Since 1999, Roseville has had a salaried full-time Fire Chief. In January of 2002, a full-time Assistant Chief was hired, bringing the number of full-time positions to four: Fire Chief,Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Inspector and Fire Marshal. The Fire Marshal and Fire Inspector were part of the Department of Community Development at that time. Beginning in 2003, their compensa- tion became part of the Fire League of Women Voter RoMaFH 3 Roseville Fire Department 2003&Beyond