Santa Rosa Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Santa Rosa , California . The Santa Rosa Fire Department , like many departments across the United States , made its start as a volunteer organization on February 12 , 1861 . Decades later in 1894 the Department made its transition to a paid organization . In 1906 a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake destroyed most of Santa Rosa . The department ’s grew to 100 firefighters in 1983 with the addition of the city of Roseland to the SRFD responsibility area
7.8 magnitude earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Santa Rosa Fire Department