Operational area | |
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Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
Counties | Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties |
Agency overview [1] | |
Annual calls | 43,026 (2019) [2] |
Employees | 725 (2020) [3] |
Annual budget | $148,820,106 (2020) [3] |
Staffing | Career |
Fire chief | Bob Baker |
EMS level | ALS |
IAFF | 2086 |
Facilities and equipment [1] | |
Battalions | 5 |
Stations | 30 |
Engines | 23 |
Quints | |
Rescues | 1 |
Ambulances | 19 |
Tenders | 6 |
HAZMAT | 2 |
Airport crash | 3 |
Wildland | |
Rescue boats | 2 |
Website | |
Official website | |
IAFF website |
South Metro Fire Rescue (SMFR) is a fire protection district which provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the municipalities of Bow Mar, Castle Pines, Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Columbine Valley, Foxfield, Greenwood Village, Littleton, Lone Tree, Parker, portions of Aurora and unincorporated portions of Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in Colorado. The area South Metro serves is 287 square miles (740 square kilometers) in size with a population of more than 540,000. [1] [4] [5]
South Metro Fire Rescue is an internationally accredited agency with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) and holds an Insurance Services Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification Class 1 rating. [6] The district operates teams specializing in aircraft rescue and firefighting, bike medics, dive rescue, hazardous materials, incident management team, SWAT medic, technical rescue, urban search and rescue, and wildland firefighting. [1]
The district is a product of decades of consolidation between area fire departments since the 1980s including Castle Pines Fire Department, Castlewood Fire Protection District, Cherry Hills Fire Protection District, Cunningham Fire Protection District, Littleton Fire Rescue, Louviers Fire Protection District, North Douglas County Fire Protection District, and Parker Fire Protection District. [7] [8]
The origins of the South Metro Fire Rescue name comes from Castlewood Fire Protection District which had petitioned to change its name to South Metro Fire Rescue on December 31, 1998. Prior to South Metro Fire Rescue, Castlewood Fire Protection District began the trend of consolidating with neighboring departments with Castle Pines Fire Department and North Douglas County Fire Protection District in 1986, and Cherry Hills Fire Protection District in 1989. [7]
In 1999, Robert Rinne assumed the fire chief position, [9] and Louviers Fire Protection District agreed to merge with South Metro Fire Rescue effective January 1, 2000. [4]
On January 19, 2006, South Metro Fire Rescue established the Metropolitan Area Communications Center (MetCom) to provide dispatching service for the district. [4] In March 2006, the district achieved international accreditation from the CFAI, a distinction held by only three other agencies in the state at the time. [10]
In April 2007, a report was provided to the district by Emergency Services Consulting Inc. noting a consistent lack of trust between personnel and the fire chief's office and suggested a change in leadership. An example cited by the report included questioning financial decisions made in purchasing four firetrucks whereas the apparatus committee suggested only purchasing one. By June, four members of South Metro Fire Rescue's leadership, including Chief Robert Rinne, had stepped down and Fire Marshall Mike Dell'Orfano assumed the position of acting chief. [9] [11] In October 2007, Parker Fire Protection District Chief Dan Qualman assumed the role of interim chief of South Metro Fire Rescue as a study began on consolidating operations with Parker Fire Protection District. [12] The study was completed in March 2008 and found that a consolidation of departments would result in tax savings and better services. [13] [14] The two districts voted to consolidate on April 24, 2008 and began working together on May 1, 2008 as a single authority governed by the two boards of directors, the largest merger between two entities in Colorado at the time. [13] [15] On January 5, 2016, Parker Fire Protection District and South Metro Fire Rescue merged into a single district. [16]
In January 2015, Chief Dan Qualman retired and Bob Baker assumed the position of fire chief for the district. [17]
In November 2017, South Metro Fire Rescue and Cunningham Fire Protection District agreed to form a new joint fire authority to join the two districts together effective January 1, 2018. [4] [18] On January 1, 2019, South Metro's authority was expanded to include areas of the Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District, Littleton Fire Protection District, and City of Littleton that were previously covered by Littleton Fire Rescue, a department with history that dates back to 1890. As a result of the expansion, South Metro became the second largest fire district in Colorado. [4] [8] [19] The authority was dissolved in May 2020 after redistricting of the board of directors and subsequent election allowed for voter representation from the newly added areas. [20]
On January 1, 2018, South Metro received an ISO Class 1 rating after previously holding a Class 3 rating, and is notable for being the first agency in the United States to achieve a Class 1 rating in areas without a fire hydrant that would require water tenders to respond. [6] [21]
Fire station number [22] | Location [22] | Engine Company [lower-alpha 1] | Ladder Company or Tower Company [lower-alpha 1] | Medic Unit [lower-alpha 1] | Command Unit [lower-alpha 1] | Brush Unit [lower-alpha 2] | Tender Unit [lower-alpha 2] | Special Unit [lower-alpha 2] | Battalion |
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11 | 2255 W Berry Ave, Littleton | Engine 11 | Medic 11 | 2 | |||||
12 | 6529 S Broadway, Littleton | Ladder 12 | Medic 12 | Battalion Chief 2 | Rehab 12 [lower-alpha 3] | 2 | |||
13 | 6290 W Coal Mine Ave, Columbine | Engine 13 | Medic 13 | 2 | |||||
14 | 6600 S Colorado Blvd, Centennial | Engine 14 | Medic 14 (15) | Brush 14 | 3 | ||||
15 | 2702 E Dry Creek Rd, Centennial | 2 | |||||||
16 | 8119 Blakeland Dr, Douglas County | Engine 16 | Medic 16 | Battalion Chief 1 | Dive 16 | 1 | |||
17 | 9554 S University Blvd, Highlands Ranch | Engine 17 | Medic 17 | Brush 17 | Hazmat 17 | 2 | |||
18 | 401 Timbervale Trail, Highlands Ranch | Tower 18 | Medic 18 | Safety 1 | 1 | ||||
19 | 8490 Trailmark Pkwy, Littleton | Engine 19 | Brush 19 | 1 | |||||
20 | 1801 E Wildcat Reserve Pkwy, Highlands Ranch | Engine 20 | Brush Engine 20 | Wildland Utility 20 [lower-alpha 4] | 2 | ||||
21 | 2250 S Emporia St, Arapahoe County | Engine 21 |
| Brush 21 | 5 | ||||
22 | 16758 E Smoky Hill Rd, Centennial | Engine 22 | Battalion Chief 5 | Brush 22 | Fan 22 [lower-alpha 5] | 5 | |||
23 | 5405 S Riviera Way, Centennial | Engine 23 | Medic 23 | 5 | |||||
31 | 5901 S Havana St, Greenwood Village | Engine 31 | Medic 31 | Dive 31 | 5 | ||||
32 | 5945 S Quebec St, Centennial | Tower 32 | Medic 32 | Battalion Chief 3 MED 2 | 3 | ||||
33 | 7281 E Dry Creek Rd, Centennial | Engine 33 | Medic 33 | Brush 33 | 3 | ||||
34 | 8871 Maximus Dr, Lone Tree | Ladder 34 [23] | Medic 34 |
| Tender 34 | 3 | |||
35 | 12080 E Briarwood Ave, Dove Valley | Tower 35 |
| 5 | |||||
36 | 421 E Castle Pines Pkwy, Castle Pines | Engine 36 | Medic 36 | Brush 36 | 1 | ||||
37 | 5701 S University Blvd, Greenwood Village | Engine 15 | Brush 15 (14) | 3 | |||||
38 | 2460 E Quincy Ave, Cherry Hills Village | Engine 38 | Hazmat 38 | 3 | |||||
39 | 475 W Happy Canyon Rd, Castle Pines Village | Engine 39 | Brush Engine 39 | Tender 39 | Wildland Utility 39 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | |||
40 | 10297 N Chatfield Dr, Douglas County | Engine 40 | Brush Engine 40 | Tender 40 | 1 | ||||
41 | 10795 S Pine Dr, Parker | Engine 41 | Medic 41 | Battalion Chief 4 | Brush Engine 41 | Tender 41 | Wildland Utility 41 [lower-alpha 4] | 4 | |
42 | 7320 S Parker Rd, Foxfield | Engine 42 | Medic 42 | Brush 42 | 5 | ||||
43 | 8165 N Pinery Pkwy, The Pinery | Engine 43 | Brush 43 | 4 | |||||
44 | 12625 E Lincoln Ave, Meridian | Engine 44 | Medic 44 | Red 2 | 4 | ||||
45 | 16801 Northgate Dr, Stonegate | Tower 45 | Tender 45 | Collapse 45 | 4 | ||||
46 | 19310 Stroh Rd, Parker | Engine 46 | Medic 46 | Brush 46 | Tender 46 |
| 4 | ||
47 | 11685 Tomahawk Rd, Douglas County | Engine 47 | Brush 47 | 4 | |||||
HQ | 9195 E Mineral Ave, Centennial | IDT 2 [lower-alpha 1] IDT11 |
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