Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company-Baltimore County MD

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Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company-Baltimore County MD Fire Suppression, EMS and Rescue services -Founded in 1930. It was a Mack Model BG, 500-gpm rotary pumper with a 300 gallon tank.

The Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company was organized in 1930 and it was the first volunteer fire department in the eastern part of Baltimore County. According to historians, the community had refused a paid fire company because Rosedale was too close to the Baltimore City line. At this time, the only fire protection provided to the community of Rosedale was by the Fullerton and Essex stations. The ironic thing was that, on many occasions, the other fire stations equipment was busy in their own area and by the time other equipment reached Rosedale, it was usually too late to save the burning buildings. In May of the same year, the pro-volunteers met at the White House Inn on Philadelphia Road to form the department. They soon purchased a used fire engine from the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Company in Harford County for $1500.00. The engine was first housed at Heinbuch's florist shop on Philadelphia Road, then in a wagon shed behind Seward's store. The old Rosedale School was remodeled in 1935 as the new, now old, Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company station. In 1989, the new and current Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company location was completed. Its location is one-half mile east of the old station. The current station houses 2 fire engines (281/282), 1 ambulance (285), 1 special unit (283), 1 brush truck (284), and 2 utility trucks (286/287). During the winters, the Central Alarmer's also store one of the fireground rehabilitation units in our station. Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company has also boasted a number of training "firsts" among volunteer companies statewide:

First pumping school for volunteer fireman. First volunteer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and CPR training. First nuclear decontamination and hazardous material training. First volunteer company trained in Hazardous Materials Response

First volunteer ambulance company to have it's EMT's receive formal, in-hospital training. Rosedale's professional volunteers are as diverse as society itself. They currently include business owners and managers, professional engineers, state, county and city policemen, medical technologists, construction workers, career firefighters and paramedics, as well as many others. The company's call area extends from the Baltimore City line eastward along the Pulaski Highway corridor as well as Interstate 95 north to the Beltway. It runs as far north as Rossville and Overlea, and south to where Eastern Avenue meets the city line. Rosedale is the primary fire company for commerce and industry along Pulaski Highway and in the Rosedale Industrial Park, the Canton Industrial Park, and the Pulaski Industrial Park. The closest paid fire company is the Golden Ring Fire Station 16 located on Golden Ring Road at the north-eastern end of the Rosedale community. Today, Rosedale Volunteer Fire Company is one of the busiest volunteer fire companies in all of Baltimore County.

Happy Halloween!!! 🎃
10/31/2026

Happy Halloween!!! 🎃

Update 4:40pm: Roads back open North bound 95 at 695 west shut down due to over turned vehicle Saturday 10-31 at 3:30pm.
10/31/2026

Update 4:40pm: Roads back open

North bound 95 at 695 west shut down due to over turned vehicle Saturday 10-31 at 3:30pm.

We had a very busy day Thursday! In the morning, we celebrated Wawa's grand opening!Our members had a competition with B...
10/31/2026

We had a very busy day Thursday! In the morning, we celebrated Wawa's grand opening!

Our members had a competition with Baltimore County Police Department and White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company making hoagies. We won the competition! It was a great time and fun had by all! Thank you Wawa!

Thank you for a great Food Truck Thursday Season!We look forward to seeing you again in 2027 and until then, be safe and...
10/30/2026

Thank you for a great Food Truck Thursday Season!
We look forward to seeing you again in 2027 and until then, be safe and enjoy the rest of Fall !

Thank you to everyone for a fantastic last Food Truck Thursday Truck or Treat night!! Our Guess the weight of the pumpki...
10/30/2026

Thank you to everyone for a fantastic last Food Truck Thursday Truck or Treat night!!

Our Guess the weight of the pumpkin winner. The weight was 113 lbs and our winner guessed 110 lbs. Thanks to all who participated!

10/29/2026
We hope to see you and your family this evening for our last Food Truck Thursday!!
10/29/2026

We hope to see you and your family this evening for our last Food Truck Thursday!!

We would like to wish all our members at Rosedale Volunteer Fire Department a Happy First Responders Day!Happy First Res...
10/28/2026

We would like to wish all our members at Rosedale Volunteer Fire Department a Happy First Responders Day!

Happy First Responders Day to all our other friends and colleagues as well!!

Rosedale Volunteers celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month with special pink themed uniforms shirts. A portion from the...
10/24/2026

Rosedale Volunteers celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month with special pink themed uniforms shirts. A portion from the sale of each shirt was donated to the Red Devils.

Our season ending Spooktacular Food Truck Thursday and Trunk Or Treat! *October 29th*As is Rosedale tradition, our seaso...
10/23/2026

Our season ending Spooktacular Food Truck Thursday and Trunk Or Treat! *October 29th*
As is Rosedale tradition, our season ending Spooktacular Food Truck Thursday will feature our Food Truck Friends and also a Trunk Or Treat for the Rosedale Community!
For October 29th. 4pm-8pm, our food truck friends will be:
Jimmy's Famous Seafood
https://www.facebook.com/JimmysFamousSeafood
Diner On The Boulevard
https://www.facebook.com/TheBoulevardDiner
Chaps Pit Beef
https://www.facebook.com/ChapsPitBeef
Das Bierhalle
https://www.facebook.com/dasbierhalle/
Gonce Marine Ice Cream & Desserts
https://www.facebook.com/GonceMarine
Last chance at our homemade Fried Dough for this season.
$5.00 kids meal: includes a hotdog, a bag of chips, a sweet treat and a drink.
Guess the weight of our Giant Pumpkin! Tickets are only .50 cents each or three for one dollar.
Drawing will be held on this night!
Music by our local legend DJ Joey Calato !
https://www.facebook.com/JoeyTwoSticksCalato
Let's end this Food Truck Thursday season with a bang, the next time we do this it will be warm again!
And thank you for another successful food truck season, we appreciate your support!

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8037 Philadelphia Road
Rosedale, MD
21237

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+14108664042

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