<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0eHIxR_1BYmwG3b00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0eHIxR_1BYmwG3b00" width="1600" height="1008" ><figcaption>Golder Ranch Fire Department crews responded to 20,579 calls during 2025. (Golder Ranch Fire District/Submitted)</figcaption></figure>In 2025, the Golder Ranch Fire District:• Responded to 20,579 calls, among them 9,442 calls in Oro Valley. Most are for medical emergencies; “paramedics are on the trucks,” Chief Tom Brandhuber said. GRFD employs 116 paramedics;• Addressed 11,343 emergency medical incidents, 5,289 of them in Oro Valley. It transported 3,908 people to Oro Valley Hospital;• Replaced smoke alarm batteries, or put in new alarms, at 2,087 homes, 827 of them in Oro Valley. Golder Ranch is focused on preventing falls in the home. To keep people off ladders, GRFD crews inspected and replaced smoke alarm batteries, or the smoke detectors themselves, in 248 of 271 homes in Oro Valley’s Vistoso Village community;• Removed 4,210 reptiles, 2,305 of hem in Oro Valley. Of those, “99% are snakes,” Brandhuber said. Residents are encouraged to dial 311 for smoke alarm battery replacements and reptile removals;• Performed 872 sprinkler and building plan reviews, 626 of them in Oro Valley. It conducted a total of 4,165 fire inspections, 2,580 in Oro Valley.Fast facts about GRFD• The Golder Ranch Fire District was established in 1977. It is an all-hazard fire and emergency medical services agency.• Golder Ranch covers 238 square miles, including Oro Valley, Catalina, SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch, and points between. It serves more than 100,000 residents, and more than 2,500 commercial properties.• The district is governed by a five-member, nonpartisan board of directors serving staggered four-year terms. Two of the five board members, Vice Chair Wally Vette and Sandra Outlaw, live in Oro Valley.• Golder Ranch operates four stations in Oro Valley, and two nearby just southwest of the town limits. Its headquarters is located in Oro Valley’s Foothills Business Park just east of Oracle Road. Among 250 total firefighters, no fewer than 56 firefighters are on duty every day. The district has 48 team members trained in wildland firefighting.• Golder Ranch has automatic aid agreements with both the city of Tucson and Northwest Fire District. Under those agreements, personnel closest to an emergency respond regardless of jurisdiction.• Golder Ranch employs 315 people. Among them, 181 employees and their families call Oro Valley home. Forty-five team members graduated from Oro Valley high schools.• Grfdaz.gov; 420-825-9001; 1600 E. Hanley Boulevard.</div></body>

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• Responded to 20,579 calls, among them 9,442 calls in Oro Valley. Most are for medical emergencies; “paramedics are on the trucks,” Chief Tom Brandhuber said. GRFD employs 116 paramedics;. • Addressed 11,343 emergency medical incidents, 5,289 of them in Oro Valley. It transported 3,908 people to Oro...

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