The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, is a special-purpose district

Special-purpose district

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 that provides fire protection

Fire protection

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 to the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County

Sacramento County, California

Sacramento County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Sacramento, which is also the state capital. As of 2010 the county had a population of 1,418,788....

 along with the cities of Rancho Cordova

Rancho Cordova, California

Rancho Cordova is a city in Sacramento County, California, USA, that incorporated in 2003. It is part of the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. The population was 64,776 at the 2010 census. Rancho Cordova is the Sacramento area's largest employment sub-center, with a daily influx of over 45,000...

, Citrus Heights

Citrus Heights, California

Citrus Heights is a city in Sacramento County, California, USA. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 83,301, down from 85,071 at the 2000 census....

, and a small portion of Placer County

Placer County, California

Placer County is a county located in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of the U.S. state of California, in what is known as the Gold Country. It stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the Nevada border. Because of the expansion of the Greater Sacramento,...

. The agency is a combination of 16 smaller fire departments that merged together. The last merger was December, 2000 when American River Fire and Sacramento County Fire merged into the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.

The 16 districts that merged together are:

Arcade, Arden, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Elverta, Fair Oaks, Florin, Mather Field, McClellan Field, Michigan Bar, Mills, North Highlands, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, Rio Linda, and Sloughhouse

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District provides services through 42 stations and 750 uniformed and support personnel to nearly 600,000 people in a 417 square miles (1,080 km²) area. Metro Fire represents 16 predecessor fire agencies. Some of these fire agencies were founded in the early twenties to provide fire protection in remote parts of the County.

The varied demographics of the District provide opportunity for its personnel to respond to emergencies in rural, suburban and urban settings. The wide diversity of emergency incidents require firefighters to be proficient in wildland fire fighting, structural fire fighting, crash fire rescue, technical rescue, swift water rescue, hazardous material mitigation, and paramedic medical services.

The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District "METRO FIRE" continues to provide the best quality fire protection, fire prevention, fire safety education, emergency medical aid, and other emergency response services.

Fire Stations / Apparatus

Station	Location	Engine	Truck	Ambulance	Wildland Unit	Water Tender	Other
Station 21	7641 Greenback Ln Citrus Heights, CA 95610	E21		M21			R21 (Rescue Unit) Battalion 13 HQ
Station 22	6248 Chestnut Av Orangevale, CA 95662	E22		G22
Station 23	6421 Greenback Ln Citrus Heights, CA 95621	E23	T23
Station 24	4942 College Oak Dr Sacramento, CA 95841	E24		M24			OES253
Station 25	7352 Roseville Rd Sacramento, CA 95842	E25		M25	G25
Station 26	8000 Palmerson Dr Antelope, CA 95843	E26			G26
Station 27	7474 Grand Oaks Bl Citrus Heights, CA 95621	E27			G27
Station 28	8189 Oak Ave Citrus Heights, CA 95610	E28			G28
Station 29	8681 Greenback Lane Orangevale, CA 95662	E29			G29
Station 31	7950 California Ave Fair Oaks, CA 95628	E31			G31
Station 32	8890 Roediger Lane Fair Oaks, CA 95628	E32		M32	G32		Boat 32
Station 33 (Out of Service)	5148 Main Ave Orangevale, CA 95662	E33
Station 41	6900 Thomas Dr. North Highlands, CA 95660	E41		M41	G41
Station 42	5608 North Haven North Highlands, CA 95660	E42
Station 50	8880 Gerber Rd. Sacramento, CA 95828	E50	T50	M50	G50		OES254
Station 51	8210 Meadowhaven Sacramento, CA 95828	E51			G51
Station 53	6722 Fleming Ave. Sacramento, CA 95828	E53		M53
Station 54	8900 Fredric Ave. Sacramento, CA 95826	E54			G54
Station 55	7776 Excelsior Rd. Sacramento, CA 95829	E55			G54	WT55
Station 58	7250 Sloughhouse Rd Rancho Murieta, CA 95624	E58			G58	WT58	Dozer 1
Station 59	7210 Murieta Drive Rancho Murieta, CA 95683	E59				WT59
Station 61	10595 Folsom Blvd. Rancho Cordova, CA 95670	E61		M61	G61
Station 62	3646 Bradshaw Rd. Sacramento, CA 95827	E62			G62		Foam 62
Station 63	12395 Folsom Bl Rancho Cordova, CA 95670	E63			G63
Station 64	9116 Vancouver Dr. Sacramento, CA 95826			M64
Station 65	11201 Coloma Rd. Rancho Cordova, CA 95670	E65	T65	M65			Air 65 & Boat 65
Station 66	3180 Kilgore Rd. Rancho Cordova, CA 95670	E66					Battalion 14 HQ
Station 68 (Out of Service)	4381 Anatolia Dr. Rancho Cordova, CA 95742	E68			G68
Station 101	3000 Fulton Ave. Sacramento, CA 95821	E101
Station 102 (Out of Service)	4501 Marconi Ave. Sacramento, CA 95821	E102
Station 103	3824 Watt Ave. Sacramento, CA 95821	E103			G103
Station 105	2691 Northrop Ave. Sacramento, CA 95864	E105		M105	G105
Station 106 (Engine Out of Service)	2200 Park Towne Cir. Sacramento, CA 95825	E106	T106				Battalion 7 HQ & Boat 106
Station 108	6701 Winding Way Fair Oaks, CA 95628	E108			G108
Station 109	5634 Robertson Ave. Carmichael, CA 95608	E109		M109			HM109 (HazMat Unit)
Station 110	1432 Eastern Ave. Sacramento, CA 95864	E110			G110
Station 111	6609 Rio Linda Blvd. Rio Linda, CA 95673	E111		M111	G111
Station 112 Reserve Station	6801 34th St. North Highlands, CA 95660	E112			G112
Station 114	5824 Kelly Way McClellan, CA 95652	E114			WT114		ARFF 114, ARFF 2114, Ramp 114, Battalion 5 HQ
Station 115 (Air Operations)	4727 Kilzer Ave. McClellan, CA 95652						Copter 1, Copter 2, Arson 1, Arson 3 & Arson 6
Station 116 Reserve Station	7995 Elwyn Ave. Elverta, CA 95626	E116			G116	WT116
Station 117	7961 Cherry Brook Dr. Elverta, CA 95626	E117			G116
Administration	2101 Hurley Way Sacramento, California 95825