BNET Industries
Market Cap:$124.1M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$487.5M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
As the nation's leading private sector fire protection provider, Rural/Metro has demonstrated how the public and private sectors can come together to provide top-notch services for less cost through correctly administered emergency services. Rural/Metro currently provides private fire protection services to more than 25 communities, and responds to more than 60,000 calls annually. Studies have shown that Rural/Metro's fire protection provides residents with a high degree of safety, while featuring comparatively lower costs. Rural/Metro's emphasis on fire prevention has resulted in an incidence of structure fires that is lower than the national average. In addition to community fire protection, Rural/Metro provides industrial aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), and wildland fire protection services. Our emergency training division provides firefighting, hazardous materials response and confined space rescue training to industrial emergency response teams. Businesses can also contract with us to provide complete response team operations. Our ARFF services can help airports increase service levels, while cutting costs. Typically, Rural/Metro provides on-site structural fire and emergency services as well as runway services. Among those are the Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio and the FedEx Express in Memphis, Tennessee.
Number of Employees 5,594
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NAICS Code Ambulance Services: 621910
Recent Events
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Rural/Metro Announces Commencement of Credit Facility Refinancing and Intention to Launch Tender Offer and Consent
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Weekly Upbeat Guidance Newsbytes (Oct.26-Oct.30)
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Rural/Metro bike team provides care on two wheels
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Rural/Metro to Host Conference Call to Discuss Fiscal 2009 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results
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Rural/Metro Corporation F1Q09 (Quarter End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
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- 2008-11-25
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Robert C. Wetenhall, Jr. - Royal Bank of Canada. Robert C. Wetenhall, Jr. - Royal Bank of Canada Could you talk a little bit about why payroll and employee benefits as a percentage of sales declined so much? Kristine...
Rural/Metro Corporation F4Q08 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
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- 2008-09-15
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Sal Kamalodine - B. Riley Investments Sal Kamalodine - B. Riley Investments Let’s start with the known cash adjustments to the quarter if there were any, just looking at the cash flow statement it looks...
Rural/Metro Corp. F2Q08 (Qtr End 12/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
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- 2008-02-11
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. Today's question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. Operator Instructions. We will go first to Lawrence Weiss with Citigroup. Lawrence Weiss - Citigroup Hi, guys. Just two questions really. One, on the guidance, the $13.9 million that put out today was included about the $1.9...
Rural/Metro Awarded Ambulance Contract Renewals in Ohio and Kentucky
- 2003-03-31
Business Editors/Transportation Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 31, 2003 Rural/Metro Corporation (Nasdaq:RURL) announced today that it has been awarded two renewal contracts to continue providing medical transportation services to Ohio State University OSU Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, and the City of Jeffersontown, Kentucky. Jack Brucker, president and...
Two Ambulance Companies Vie for Contract with Knox County, Tenn.
- 2002-03-21
By Stan DeLozier, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 21--High-ranking officials from the two companies vying for the Knox County ambulance service contract were in town Thursday providing assurances about their financial health and ability to serve the public. ...
Rural/Metro Named Critical Care Transport Provider to University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Marks Ten Contracts Signed in 2001 With Combined Total Value of $19.9 Million
- 2001-07-06
Business Editors SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 6, 2001 Rural/Metro Corporation (Nasdaq:RURL) announced today that it has expanded the scope of medical transportation services it provides to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Under a new, five-year contract, Rural/Metro is the preferred provider of critical care...
The Arizona Republic AZ Inc. Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- 2000-07-19
Jul. 19--RURAL/METRO GAINS CREDIT EXTENSION: Rural/Metro Corp. said its banks granted it a third extension of the waiver of its credit agreement. The Scottsdale-based ambulance and firefighting company said the new agreement runs through Oct. 14. Rural/Metro is wrapping up a restructuring that resulted...
The Arizona Republic AZ Inc. Column.
- 1998-12-02
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 2 -- ACTION LICENSES CART PRODUCTS: Action Performance Cos. Inc. signed an exclusive toy licensing agreement with CART Licensed Products, the licensing arm of the nation's leading sanctioning body for open wheel racing -- Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc....
Rural/Metro Corp. Completes Offering of $150 Million in Senior Notes
- 1998-03-17
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 17, 1998--Rural/Metro Corp. (NASDAQ:RURL) today announced that it has completed its offering of $150 million of Senior Notes in an underwriting led by Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. The offering was increased from an original $125 million. The Notes...
Rural/Metro Corp. announces filing for public offering of 1,300,000 shares of common stock
- 1996-03-27
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 27, 1996--Rural/Metro Corp. (Nasdaq:RURL) today announced the filing of a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed public underwritten offering of 1,300,000 shares of common stock.The company will offer 1,000,000 shares, while an additional 300,000 shares will be offered on behalf of...
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