Rural-Urban Fire Board

Harold House, Fire Chief - (989) 463-6359
Mark Williams, Director of Public Safety - (989) 463-8317

Meetings

Rural-Urban Fire Board meetings will be held on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 a.m. in the Alma Municipal Building. (Meetings are subject to cancellation if no business is pressing. Please check this page for cancellation notices.)

Fire Department Mission and Goals

The mission of the Alma Fire District is to enhance the quality of living in our community by preventing or minimizing injury and loss of life or property resulting from fire or other emergency, natural or human caused, that may occur within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Alma Fire District.

Our goals are: Prevent and reduce fire risks through public education, code enforcement and inspection programs; minimize injury or the loss of life and property when fire or other emergencies occur; confine and extinguish hostile fires; and provide these protections at acceptable and effective costs within available resources.

The Department is responsible for 140 square miles, including the City of Alma, and parts of Pine River, Arcada, Sumner and Seville townships.

Documents and Links

Financial Reports

Download Documents:

2021 Financial Statements (PDF)

2022-23 Approved Fire Budget (PDF)

2022-23 Approved Rescue Budget (PDF)

Agenda Packets

Download Documents:

May 16, 2022 Agenda Packet (PDF)

March 15, 2022 Agenda Packet (PDF)

Minutes

Download Documents:

DRAFT Minutes of July 18, 2022 (PDF)

Minutes of June 20, 2022 (PDF)

Minutes of May 16, 2022 PDF)

Minutes of April 18, 2022 (PDF)

Minutes of March 15, 2022 (PDF)

Minutes of June 23, 2021 (PDF)

Minutes of April 22, 2021 (PDF)

Minutes of February 16, 2021

Minutes of January 27, 2021 (PDF)

Minutes of Sept. 15, 2020 (PDF)

Minutes of February 26, 2020 (PDF)

Minutes of Nov. 7, 2019 (PDF)

Members of the Rural Urban Fire Board

The Rural Urban Fire Board consists of five neighboring municipalities: the City of Alma, Arcada Township, Seville Township, Sumner Township, and Pine River Township. The Board is governed under the terms of the Fire Department Interlocal Agreement. The Fire Board consists of seven voting members, including the Supervisor of each of the Townships, Alma’s City Manager and two other individuals appointed by and who serve at the pleasure of Alma’s City Commission. The Alma City Manager shall function as the chairman of the Fire Board.

Alma District Rescue

All members of the Rural Urban Fire Board, with the exception of the City of Alma, also participate in the Alma District Rescue. Beginning in July of 2021, the management of the Alma District Rescue is the City of Alma.