Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District 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.
"Metro Fire" also operates a variety of Special Operations divisions:
- Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting
- Community Emergency Response Team
- Dozer Operations
- Emergency Operations Plan Management
- Foam Operations, Hazardous Materials response
- Technical Rescue
- Tactical Emergency Medical SWAT
- Urban Area Security Initiative
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Urban Search and Rescue
- Water Rescue.
USAR Task Force 7
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District is a member of California USAR Task Force 7, one of the eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state. Though originally for earthquake response, the Task Force is also used for general disaster and event response. Along with members of the SMFD, the task force also has members from the Cosumnes Fire Department, Folsom Fire Department, Roseville Fire Department, West Sacramento Fire Department, El Dorado County Fire Protection District and Sacramento Fire Department.Some of the teams most notable deployments include the Northridge earthquake, Oklahoma City bombing, World Trade Center and Hurricane Katrina.