Fire Protection Service (Tucson, Oro Valley, Marana: homes, buying, property tax)

[Jareb]

As I understand it, there is no fire protection service provided by the government for those areas not within the Tucson city limits. {correct me if I'm wrong} So....where does the city limits end going north. North of River Rd? North Of Sunrise?
I would assume most people in the foothills contract with the private rural fire dept. Can anyone give me an estimate on annual cost for this service for a 3000 sq ft home? I know you can email them with a specific address and they will give you a quote but I'm just trying to get a rough idea of the cost for a foothills house.

[Bummer]

Clueless about the Fire Protection Services, Jareb . . .

However, in most cases the Tucson City Limits end at the Rillito, not necessarily River Road but close.

[tom4416]

I don't pretend to know but we're buying in Marana (Sunflower) and although it has a Tucson zip code, seems the streets and such are covered by Marana. However, I know fire protection is covered in the property taxes (or so I've been told anyway) so I suspect it was a matter of various areas petitioning the city to include them and to provide a tax base to do so.

[Jareb]

Originally Posted by tom4416

I don't pretend to know but we're buying in Marana (Sunflower) and although it has a Tucson zip code, seems the streets and such are covered by Marana. However, I know fire protection is covered in the property taxes (or so I've been told anyway) so I suspect it was a matter of various areas petitioning the city to include them and to provide a tax base to do so.

Yeah Tom.....I'm a little vague on the whole concept of private fire departments also. I've never lived anywhere that didnt have fire service as part of the county/city property tax structure. I'm hearing that the unincorporated parts of Pima County use RuralMetro fire protection which is a private company and there is a yearly "membership" fee based on either value or sq. ft. of the residence. I'm sure someone on this forum will chime in on this.
Thanks

[gomexico]

Some information:

Tucson Fire Department | The Official Website for the City of Tucson, Arizona

https://www.ruralmetrofire.com/rural...ma-county.html

http://www.yellowpages.com/marana-az/fire-department

[Marcy1210]

Where I live in Oro Valley, we have Golder Ranch Fire/Paramedics/EMT. It covers Oro Valley, Catalina and Saddlebrooke.

Golder Ranch Fire District

[RickTucsonHomes]

Rural Metro Fire covers The Foothills area, for a 2800 sf home the annual cost is just under 650.00 year. There is also a 35.00 registration fee when you begin service.

[Jareb]

Originally Posted by RickTucsonHomes

Rural Metro Fire covers The Foothills area, for a 2800 sf home the annual cost is just under 650.00 year. There is also a 35.00 registration fee when you begin service.

Thanks Rick! That is exactly the information I was looking for.