Rincon Valley Fire District was formed in 1985 by residents of the southeast metropolitan Tucson area to ensure that the community received consistent, high-quality emergency services at a reasonable cost. Since its inception, the District has provided increasingly higher levels of fire protection and emergency medical services to a rapidly growing population.

The District currently provides emergency and community services to 15,000 residents  over a  50 square mile area.

The two stations are staffed 24 hours a day and 365 days a year with 34 full-time state certified firefighters that are Paramedics or Emergency Medical Technicians. Despite explosive growth, the District's ratio of Paramedics to residents remains one of the best in the state at 1:1250.

Rincon Valley Fire District is a nonprofit, community service organization, funded through secondary assessed value property taxes. It is governed by a three member Board, whose members live within the District.

The Board establishes policy, sets the tax rate and makes decisions regarding budget, operations and other issues concerning the District. The primary goal of the current board is to maintain a low tax rate while increasing the quality of services through staffing and equipment.

Monthly meetings of the Board are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM at the Fire Station #2 Conference Room, 14550 E. Sands Ranch Rd., and are open to the public.

Rincon Valley Fire District provides a wide range of dedicated services to its residential and commercial property owners. In addition to fire protection, Paramedic-equipped units located in the District for advanced life support to medical calls provide prompt, efficient transportation to the hospital.