02-05-2025
Burnsville Firefighter Adam Finseth's name being added at national memorial
Burnsville Firefighter-Paramedic Adam Finseth, who was killed in the line of duty last year, is being memorialized at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial this weekend.
Members of the Burnsville Fire Department and families left Friday to go to the memorial in Emmitsburg, Md. Finseth's name will be unveiled, along with 69 other firefighters who died in 2024 and another 70 in previous years.
Finseth and Burnsville Police Officers Paul Emstrand and Matt Ruge were ambushed and shot during a standoff in Burnsville on Feb. 18, 2024. Finseth, 40, was a SWAT medic, a husband and a father of two.
'Adam served his community with great pride and professionalism,' said Burnsville Fire Chief BJ Jungmann in a Friday statement. 'He cared about his fellow first responders and was selfless, dedicated, and an incredible member of our department. We will never forget him, and we will hold his family in our hearts forever.'
Jungmann is leading a contingent of more than 60 firefighters and family members that will take part in a candlelight vigil starting 6:30 p.m. CST Saturday, and a memorial service that starts 9 a.m. CST Sunday. They will be livestreamed at
The travel was made possible 'thanks to the generosity of hundreds of individual donors,' the city said in a Friday press release.
Burnsville's fire stations will be aglow in red lights over the weekend in tribute to Finseth.
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