Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District

Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
Operational area
Country United States
State California
CountySacramento
Address10545 Armstrong Ave. Suite 200 Mather, CA 95655
Agency overview[1]
Established2000
Annual calls108,000
Employees699 (2023)
Annual budget$279,505,341 (2023)
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefAdam House
EMS levelALS
IAFF522
Facilities and equipment[2]
Battalions5
Stations42
Engines37
Trucks5
Squads2
Rescues1
Ambulances27
Tenders6
HAZMAT1
Airport crash2
Wildland16 - Type 3
13 - Type 4
Bulldozers2
Helicopters3
Mobile Integrated Healthcare1
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District (commonly referred to as "Metro Fire") provides fire protection and emergency medical services to many unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, California as well as two contract cities. The fire district is responsible for the cities and communities of Antelope, Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Elverta, Fair Oaks, Florin, Gold River, La Riviera, North Highlands, Mather, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, Rio Linda, Rosemont, Sloughhouse, Vineyard and McClellan Airfield.[2]

"Metro Fire" also operates a variety of Special Operations divisions:[3]

  • Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF)
  • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Dozer Operations
  • Emergency Operations Plan Management
  • Foam Operations, Hazardous Materials (HazMat) response
  • Technical Rescue
  • Tactical Emergency Medical SWAT (TEMS)
  • Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
  • Urban Search and Rescue (US&R or USAR)
  • Water Rescue.
  1. ^ "Fiscal Year 2013/14 Budget" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Fire Station Locations". Sacramento Metro Fire. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Special Operations". Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. Retrieved February 16, 2024.