About Us

Arvada Fire Protection District maintains 8 active stations throughout  41 square miles in the City of Arvada, the City of Wheat Ridge and unincorporated Jefferson County.  The District employees 118 full and part-time paid and 45 volunteer and volunteer reserve personnel who serve approximately 115,000 citizens.   The current mill levy for the District is 9.48.
In 2009, our Communications center answered over 45,000 calls from citizens;  Fire/EMS personnel responded to 10.463 calls for assistance;  Fire Prevention Personnel completed 1843 inspections, 390 plan reviews, and 40 investigations; Training Division personnel conducted 227 separate trainings and District personnel completing a total of over 7200 hours of training.