Welcome to the Cottage Grove Fire Department. We are excited to be able to share our department with you. Our department is known as one of the most innovative and respected in the State of Minnesota. We are committed to providing the citizens of Cottage Grove and all who visit our city with the highest quality of service possible.

Cottage Grove Fire Department is a combination department comprised of sixf fulltime employees (Fire Chief,Deputy Fire Chief/Fire Marshall, Deputy Chief of EMS and three Firefighter Paramedics), Three Part-time Employees (Paramedics) and on average fifty five Paid-on-Call employees (One District Chief, Seven Captains, Six Lieutenants and Fourty Firefighters). Cottage Grove has a unique Public Safety model that runs both Police and Fire Paramedics. The Fire Department runs a Duty Crew twenty four hours a day, this Duty Crew is responsible for station duties, EMS and fire calls as well as public education.

The Cottage Grove Fire Department answered over 2,300 calls for service in 2011 and over 2,500 in 2012.