Lake Johanna Fire

10/01/2026

09/25/2026

We had a good week with generous donations weighing 371 lbs.

This brings this year's total collected for Ralph Reeder Food Shelf to 4,995 lbs.

Thank you all!

09/11/2026

Never Forget 🇺🇸

09/03/2026

Real fire. Non-toxic smoke. · Why our live fire training is safe

Inside the new training facility at Station 110 in Arden Hills. Our live-fire prop burns propane — the same fuel as a backyard grill — and the smoke is water-based and non-toxic. Nothing harmful inside the building or outside it. Serving Arden Hills, North Oaks and Shoreview since 1943.

09/03/2026

Take a look inside the new training facility at Station 110.

A classroom, a three-story training tower with two floors of live fire training, and space for outdoor training and scenarios mean our crews can train on real fire without leaving the community they serve. A training mezzanine with movable maze walls for search training is coming next.

A question we get a lot: is it safe for the neighborhood? Yes. The live-fire prop burns clean propane — the same fuel as a backyard grill — and the smoke is water-based and non-toxic, and clears quickly. No toxic byproducts, and the simulated smoke poses no danger to anyone inside or outside the building.

We used to leave town to train with live fire. Now we conduct this training safely at home — better prepared crews, closer to the people who need them.

Serving Arden Hills, North Oaks and Shoreview since 1943.

City of Arden Hills, MN City of Shoreview, MN (Local Government) City of North Oaks Lake Johanna Professional Firefighters - Local 5485