[3] These cities include Alta, Cottonwood Heights, Eagle Mountain, Herriman, Holladay, Midvale, Riverton and Taylorsville.

[3] Discussions for the formation of a unified department within the Salt Lake Valley began over half a century later in 1998.

[3] These cities wanted to play a more active role in the fire administration.

In 2004, the department ceased operation as a County government entity and became the Unified Fire Authority.

The Unified Fire Authority is the sponsoring agency of Urban Search and Rescue Utah Task Force 1, one of the 28 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the United States.