The Park City Fire District was formed in the late 1870’s to meet the demands of a growing mining town. As a result of a fire which was responded to by intoxicated firefighters and non-functioning equipment, the newly formed city council in 1884 officially organized the Park City Fire Department by naming a fire chief and dividing the city into wards with district wardens assigned to each ward. A minimal budget was assigned to the fire department.
The Park City Fire Department remained virtually unchanged until 1975 when the Park City Fire Protection District was formed. The district was originally organized in 1975 under the provisions of Title 17, Section 9, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, and was known as the “Park City Fire Protection District”. The organization was in response to the citizens’ demands for more adequate fire protection services for the Park City area and the western part of Summit County. The District continued to function as a fire protection district until the spring of 1984 when by resolution of the Board of Fire Commissioners, the District elected to become a special service district and be governed by the Utah Special Service District Act, Section 11-23-1 et. seq., Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended. This change process was completed on May 29, 1984, when the Board of County Commissioners of Summit County, Utah created the new Park City Fire Service District, as the successor to the previous fire protection district. All property of the old district was conveyed to the new entity, and the budget of the previous fire district was adopted as the budget of the District. At that time, Summit County Commission delegated to the Administrative Control Board of the new District all power and authority to act as the governing body of the District except those powers reserved by the statute to the County; i.e., the power to levy ad valorem property taxes, to issue bonds payable from ad valorem taxes, or to call or hold bond elections.
