Suburban Response

[Photos courtesy Deputy Chief Greg Peterson, Roseville Fire Department, and Roseville Review]

This article was interesting. After reading a lot of big media coverage of the 35W bridge collapse, the little Roseville Review tells the story from the vantage point of the police and mostly volunteer firefighters who responded from several of the northern suburbs of St. Paul.

Roseville had responded with four chief officers, an engine with a crew of five, a heavy rescue truck with an eight-man crew, and a medical response unit with three responders aboard. In all, 20 or 21 people from Roseville were on the scene within 8 minutes of the call and ready to help in the multifaceted rescue effort, Gasaway said. "They did a wonderful job - I'm so proud of 'em."