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- 1 2 City of Maricopa. "Automatic Aid". City of Maricopa. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- 1 2 Brian Petershiem Jr, Cronkite News. "Can fire response grow with the Valley?". West Valley News. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ City of Phoenix. "Regional Dispatch Center". City of Phoenix. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ AFMA. "Regional Automatic Aid System". AFMA. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ AFMA. "Automatic Aid Map" (PDF). AFMA. Retrieved 9 January 2025.