Rural/Metro Corporation - RURL- Profile

Rural/Metro Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to provide diversified emergency services, which include Medical Transportation, Fire protection and other related services in 22 states. The emergency services are provided to patients on both a fee-for-service basis and a non-refundable subscription fee basis. The Group operates in two segments: Medical Transportation and related services and Fire and other. The Medical Transportation and related services includes emergency ambulance services provided to individuals, fire districts, municipalities, as well as non-emergency ambulance services provided to individuals requiring either advanced or basic levels of medical supervision during transport. The Fire and other includes a variety of fire protection services including fire prevention, suppression, training, alarm monitoring, dispatch, fleet and billing services. Medical Transportation and Related Services accounted for 88% of fiscal 2006 revenues and Fire and other, 12%