Its southern boundary lies just north of Prime Outlets at Castle Rock and the district covers the communities of Lone Tree, Surrey Ridge, Castle Pines Village, Castle Pines North and Daniels Park. The department also has mutual-aid agreements with other fire agencies to provide emergency response anywhere in Douglas County. South Metro's board meets at 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of each month at the Greenwood Village office. The board's chairman is Edward Haffey. This all-paid department includes 150 paramedics and firefighters and 37 staff members.
Training is extensive in heavy rescue, aircraft crash fires and handling hazardous materials.
Franktown Fire Protection District 1959 N. Hwy. This combination paid and volunteer department has about 40 members, and its own ambulance and special training and equipment for rock rescue. Jackson 105 Fire Protection District 435 N. Perry Park Road, Sedalia. In addition to standard equipment, the district has three tankers for use at remote fires. Larkspur Fire Protection District 9414 S. Spruce Mountain Road, Larkspur.