The College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University Fire Department protects over 50 buildings on the 2500 acre campus in St. Joseph, Minnesota. The CSB/SJU Fire Department is a volunteer department made up of over twenty volunteers from the monastic community, students, and near-by residents.The department regularly runs 300+ calls annually 60% classified as medical and 40% classified as fire related. Providing protection to the Saint John's Abbey, Saint John's Prep (middle school and high school), and the residential population of Saint John's University. The average full time population varies but during the school year is roughly 2000 swelling daily to 2500. During sports games and other events the population in district can easily swell to 20,000+. The history of SJFD is colored with several dramatic fires that give good reason for a unique department such as SJFD to exist. Open house is hosted annually in the morning before the SJU homecoming football game
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fire Station[]
- Engine 1 - 2004 International DuraStar 4400 / Pierce (1250/750/20F) (SN#14988)
- Ladder 2 - 1991 Duplex D-450 Defender 6x4 / Grumman AC-102 (1500/200/102' Aerialcat rear-mount platform) (SN#18637) (Ex-Asheville Fire Department
- Engine 3 - 2017 International 4400 / Pierce (SN#30572)
- Med 4 - 1987 Ford ambulance (non-transport)
- Grass 5 -1989 Ford F-350 w/skid pump & tank
- Chief - 2019 Ford Edge
- Rescue Boat - 11' Jon boat / 15HP
Retired Apparatus[]
- 1972 Ward LaFrance / 1981 3D pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Philadelphia Fire Department) (Ex-Engine 3)
- 1976 American LaFrance aerial (1500/200/85' Snorkel) (Ex-Ketchikan Fire Department)