Fry Fire District:

Fry Fire District was established in 1965 as a fire district and provides fire, rescue, hazardous materials, wildland, and Emergency Medical Services to the citizens of the Fry Fire District and the surrounding areas around the City of Sierra Vista. The Fry Fire District provides fire and EMS protection services to an area of 50-square miles of fire district and over 180-square miles for Emergency Medical Services. The current tax levy rate for the fire district is at $2.65 per $100 of assessed valuation with a total budget of $6,015,137.95 with a net revenue of $3,901,043.00 from the tax levy. This amount represents a tax levy decrease from the previous year. The governing board as keep the tax rate at less than $2.66 per $100 for the last four years. The Fry Fire District has a proud history of providing Emergency Services for over 50-years to the citizens of Fry Fire District and Cochise County.

Tactical Rescue Training:
Fry Fire District personnel along with several other agencies training in the Huachuca Mountains recently. Fry Fire District provides this and many other rescue services to Cochise County residents via the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.

Multiple structure in Huachuca City:
The Fry Fire District responded to this multiple structure fire through mutual aid at the request of Huachuca City Fire Dept., along with several other fire agencies in Cochise County. Six mobile homes were lost along with several vehicles. A large commercial building was saved using several master streams. Hwy 90 was closed for over 90-minutes.

Special News:
It gives us great pleasure to announce our 2009 award winners. Firefighter Marcus Sykora was selected as our EMS Professional of the Year, Firefighter/Paramedic Scott Price was chosen as our Special Achievement award winner and Engineer/Paramedic Kaleb Mauzy was our Firefighter of the Year. We salute these dedicated men! Job Well Done!!

Arizona FIRE and EMS Resources:

Arizona Ambulance Association: www.azambulance.org
Arizona Fire District Association: www.afdanews.org
Arizona State Fire Marshal: www.dbfs.state.az.us
Arizona Department of Health Services: www.hs.state.az.us/bems
State Land Department: www.azstatefire.org
Southeast Arizona Emergency Medical Service Council: www.saems.net