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South Metro Fire Rescue Authority (a consolidation of South Metro Fire Rescue and the Parker Fire Protection District) serves an area of approximately 176 square miles in portions of Douglas and Arapahoe Counties. Protection is provided to more than 198,000 citizens.
Coverage is provided in:
Centennial, Greenwood Village, Foxfield, Lone Tree, Louviers, Parker, Castle Pines North, Castle Pines Village, Centennial Airport, Cherry Hills Village, Denver Tech Center, Inverness, the Meridian Office Park and unincorporated portions of Arapahoe and Douglas counties.
Seventeen fire stations operate 24/7 with three shifts working a rotational basis. A total of 297 line personnel and 97 administrative staff are employed by the authority.
Special Teams
In addition to standard crews of firefighters and paramedics, special teams serve in aircraft rescue, hazardous material operations, water rescue and recovery (dive), technical rescue and wildland urban interface firefighting.
Call History
During 2009 the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority responded to 12,849 calls within our jurisdiction. Of the total 7124 were emergency medical calls, 2109 were fire alarms and 297 were fire-related. In addition, the authority provided mutual aid to other agencies on 1037 calls. For more information, please review our 2009 incident respons summary.
Apparatus of the Authority
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Engines
14 front line
5 reserve
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Aerials
3 front line towers
1 front line truck
2 reserve quints
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Medics
9 front line
4 reserves
1 SWAT medic
1 bike medic
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Water
Tenders
6 front line
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Dive
1 dive boat & trailer
1 reserve boat
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HazMat
2 front line units
1 MMRS trailer
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Heavy Rescue
2 front line units
2 collapse trailers
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ARFF (Aircraft FIrefighting)
4 front line vehicles
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Brush Trucks
9 units
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On May 1, 2008, the Parker Fire Protection District and South Metro Fire Rescue Authority began operating as a fire authority under an intergovernmental agreement. The long term intent of this agreement is to fully merge the two districts into one.
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