Rural Metro Fire

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Rural Metro Fire is an American private for-profit firefighting and EMS company located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company provides firefighting services both on municipal contract (contracting to serve a municipality) and by a subscription basis. In areas where there is no municipal fire protection, Rural Metro Fire will sign up individual homeowners on contract and respond when required. 
Rural Metro Fire also offers industrial, airport and wildland firefighting services on contract.
EMS and patient services are operated on a contract basis in 21 US states. 
==History==
Rural Metro was founded in Arizona in 1948. In 1978 the founder, Lou Witzeman, sold Rural Metro to his employees through a unique employee stock ownership plan. In July 1993, Rural Metro began trading its stock on the NASDAQ stock market. Rural Metro Fire is now a division of AMR.It expanded to include EMS operations in the 1980s and was listed on NASDAQ in 1993. It was acquired by Warburg Pincus in 2011 and delisted from NASDAQ as part of the same deal. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2013 but continued to operate. In 2015, Rural Metro was acquired by Envision Healthcare, owner of American Medical Response, in a $620 million deal.
In 2017 AMR acquired Kurtz Ambulance Service, Kurtz Paramedic Service, Guardian Critical Care Services, Kurtz Industrial Fire Service, and Kurtz Municipal Dispatch.
In 2018, both American Medical Response and Rural Metro Fire became part of Global Medical Response.
==Fire Departments==
Rural/Metro is currently the service provider to 28 facilities and communities.
Rural/Metro fire departments or service is provided in:
=== Alabama ===
* BASF Refinery, McIntosh
===Arizona===
*Maricopa County
*Pima County
*Pinal County
*Yuma County
=== Florida ===
* Sikorsky Development Flight Center, Jupiter
=== Illinois ===
* CITGO Lemont Emergency Response Team
* INEOS, Joliet
* Phillips 66, Wood River
* Wieland Rolled Products, East Alton
=== Kansas ===
*CVR Energy, Coffeeville
=== Louisiana ===
*Acadiana Regional Airport
*CITGO Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex
*Lafayette Regional Airport
*Indorama Ventures
=== Minnesota ===
*St. Paul Park Refinery
*Flint Hills Resources, Rosemount
=== Montana ===
*Crazy Mountain Ranch, Clyde Park
=== Nevada ===
*Barrick Gold, Goldclonda
===New Jersey===
*Morristown Municipal Airport
===North Dakota===
*Bismarck Airport
===Ohio===
*Port Columbus International Airport
=== Oklahoma ===
*CVR Energy, Wynnewood
===Oregon ===
*Josephine County
=== South Carolina ===
*BMW, Greer
===Tennessee ===
*Knox County
*FedEx World Hub
*Town of Farragut
* Volkswagen Group of America
===Washington===
*Grant County International Airport
==External Links==
Rural/Metro
Category:For profit emergency service providers in the United States