The Unified Fire Authority of Greater Salt Lake provides
fire protection
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and
emergency medical services
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for the unincorporated
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. The co ...
,
Utah
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as well as for 9 cities located within the
Salt Lake Metropolitan Area.
These cities include
Alta
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* American Land Title Association, a national trade association representing the land title industry
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,
Cottonwood Heights
Cottonwood Heights is a city located in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, along the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley. It lies south of the cities of Holladay and Murray, east of Midvale, and north of Sandy within the Salt Lake City, U ...
,
Eagle Mountain,
Herriman,
Holladay
Holladay is a city in central Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area and abuts the Wasatch National Forest. The population was 31,965 at the 2020 census, a significant incr ...
,
Midvale,
Riverton and
Taylorsville.
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History
The Unified Fire Authority got its start on November 21, 1921, when the Salt Lake County Fire Department was formed.Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably Murray, Utah, Murray, Sandy, Uta ...
began over half a century later in 1998. Salt Lake County Fire had been providing emergency services to several contract cities in addition to the Unincorporated Salt Lake County.
US&R Task Force - UT-TF1
The Unified Fire Authority is the sponsoring agency of Urban Search and Rescue Utah Task Force 1, one of the 28 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force
Members of FEMA US&R Task Force at World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks
A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (US&R Task Force) is a team of individuals specializing in urban search and rescue, disaster recovery, and emergency triage a ...
s in the United States. Managed daily by full-time staff of Unified Fire under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Exec ...
- Urban Search & Rescue, Response Directorate/Operations Division.[
]
Stations and apparatus
References
Adopted Budget 201
External links
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UFA Wildland Homepage
{{United States fire departments
Fire departments in Utah
2003 establishments in Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah