Mission & Vision
The community we serve and protect is our families, friends, visitors, and each other. Our mission is to provide for their safety through prevention, preparedness, and effective emergency response.
The Rolesville Fire Department (RFD) is a family working together to provide exceptional emergency and nonemergency services to the community. The RFD’s strength comes from a foundation of members who are part of the Department’s rich history, value each other, embrace their roles in the Department, and provide the same level of care and attention to the community as they would want to receive. The RFD is not a career; it’s a lifestyle that promotes safety, well-being, professionalism, and a duty to act.
Core Values
The RFD’s core values represent our ideals as we fulfill our mission to achieve excellence. These core values set standards and expectations of ourselves as individuals and the Department. We continuously strive to remain accountable as we practice these values on and off duty every day.
Safety
Safety is at the forefront of everything we do. Although the inherent nature of firefighting involves facing dangerous situations, embracing safety allows us to continue our duty and be protectors of Rolesville’s community.
Integrity
Integrity is the moral uprightness that we possess to hold ourselves to our values and keep us dedicated to the people we serve. It means being whole and that our values are in alignment with our actions.
Teamwork
Teamwork is how we do our job. We work together to accomplish great tasks. No task is too great when done together by all. Teamwork promotes excellence.
Competency
Competency means we possess the required skills to do our job. Coupled with integrity, we go above and beyond what is expected of ourselves to provide the best service possible to our communities and each other.
Commitment
Commitment means we dedicate ourselves to our profession and our cause. We vow to put our best efforts toward accomplishing our mission.
Guiding Principles
These guiding principles set standards and expectations that we have of ourselves as individuals, as a Department, and as a family. Our strength comes from within our membership and how we value each other, our responsibilities, and our community. We remain accountable by practicing these values in our day-to-day duties. A lifestyle of commitment, these values are a maxim that allows us to embody the true meaning of servitude, professionalism, and well-being.
Give Back
In everything we do, give our best and give back. To give of ourselves so we can help to make the lives of our community better. In this, we find a deeper purpose in what we do and a great reward in the health and well-being of those around us.
Carry Our Responsibility
Carry out our responsibilities with pride, and acknowledge we are blessed and privileged to have this responsibility bestowed upon us. Remain proficient in our ways, and do things with integrity, diligence, and safety so we can put forth our best to serve.
Work Together
When we work, we do it as a team of like-minded individuals with a common purpose, who are on the same page to accomplish the same mission.