San Tan Valley is an unincorporated community, offering benefits, such as a lower cost of living and lower property taxes. Part of the property tax collected in a municipality pays for public safety, such as a fire department and police department. In unincorporated communities, there are no such taxes for public safety. Rural Metro Fire is a non-governmental fire department that has been providing fire and EMS services since 1948 in unincorporated communities.
Instead of funding from taxes, they rely on annual Rural Metro Fire subscriptions to provide professional training, vehicles and equipment for services in our community. They do not receive any money from Fire District Assistance Tax listed on your property tax statement. That money goes to other fire districts outside of Rural Metro Fire’s service area.
Your Rural Metro Fire subscription is voluntary and not required. Please know that whether or not you subscribe, if you call 911, Rural Metro will be dispatched to your location for fire or medical services. As a covered subscriber, the service will be covered. If you are not a subscriber, you will receive a bill after services have been provided. Also homeowners insurance companies use the ISO fire rating as part of its determination of individual homeowner insurance premiums. By not having Fire Department coverage as a Rural Metro Fire member, the ISO rating will be higher than a property covered by membership. A higher ISO rating can mean you are charged higher homeowner insurance premiums.
Rural Metro Fire offers many payment options. Members can choose from: annual, semi-annual, quarterly and monthly payments.
Be sure to use code STVSC23 to save 20% off your membership for 3 years!
You can find more information about Rural Metro in the San Tan Valley Business Directory here.