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About Rural/Metro

WELCOME TO THE RURAL/METRO FLICKR PHOTO GROUP!

This group is designed for the posting of photos and videos of items of relevance to the Rural/Metro Corporation, to include: Fire and EMS services provided by Rural/Metro Corporation through out the USA. This Flickr Group is dedicated to the men and women of Rural Metro who provide Life Safety services, 24 hours a day to their local communities.

Posting Photos or Videos of Rural Metro: Apparatus, Vehicles, Equipment, Stations, personnel, or incidents are acceptable.

Want to learn more about the Rural/Metro Corporation? Visit their Corporate website at: www.ruralmetro.com/

Want to learn more about the Rural/Metro Fire Department? Visit their Fire Services website at: http://www.rmfire.com/



A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RURAL METRO CORPORATION:

Rural/Metro's history goes back more than 50 years, when founder Lou Witzeman became concerned that his neighborhood didn't have fire protection. So he pooled together some money, bought a fire truck, and asked his neighbors to subscribe to his fledgling company.

With the company was also born a new way of thinking about health and safety services. As a private sector company, Rural/Metro is dedicated to finding the most cost-effective ways to deliver the highest quality ambulance transportation and private fire protection services.

In 1969, Rural/Metro began operating ambulance services independently of its fire operations. Today, Rural/Metro has become one of the largest ambulance companies in North America, providing "911" emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services, as well as a variety of private fire protection services.

Today the company offers a wide range of medical transportation and safety services, not only to communities, but also to the private sector. Among the services we provide are:

Emergency medical transportation
Non-emergency medical transportation
Private fire protection services, including community, airport, industrial and wildland specialties
Emergency training services to private and commercial enterprise.

What began with one man's vision has grown today into a company with approximately $500 million in annual revenues and more than 8,000 employees who provide health and safety services throughout the United States. Annually, Rural/Metro's employees respond to more than 1 million calls for assistance.