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==Public safety== [[Image:RSF BCFPD.jpg|thumb|250px|The Boone County Fire Protection District responding to a working structure fire.]] The [[Boone County Sheriff's Department (Missouri)|Boone County Sheriff]] has jurisdiction over the whole county. The Boone County Fire Protection District (BCFPD) provides [[fire protection]] and [[emergency medical service]]s for a large portion of Boone County, Missouri.<ref name=facts>{{cite web|title=Fun Facts|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/fun_facts/|website=Boone County Fire|access-date=May 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524074234/http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/fun%5Ffacts/|archive-date=May 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The BCFPD is the largest volunteer fire department and third largest fire service organization in the state, protecting {{convert|492|sqmi|sqkm}} of residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural property and over 50,000 people.<ref name=facts/> The Boone County Fire District maintains 15 fire stations, a training center, and a headquarters facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/services/facilities_equip_personnel/stations/BCFPD_Stations1.pdf|title=Boone County Fire Protection District|publisher=Bcfdmo.coma|access-date=November 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215050153/http://www.bcfdmo.com/services/facilities_equip_personnel/stations/BCFPD_Stations1.pdf|archive-date=February 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===History=== Prior to 1964, there was no organized [[fire protection]] in Boone County. This changed after an elderly handicapped woman died in a house fire just west of the city limits of [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]. A small group of [[CB radio]] enthusiasts, known as the Central Missouri Radio Squad, banded together to develop a fire protection system for Boone County.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/history/|website=Boone County Fire Protection District|access-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107221022/http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/history/|archive-date=November 7, 2010}}</ref> ===USAR Task Force=== {{Main|Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1}} Boone County Fire is the sponsoring agency of [[Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1]] (MO-TF1), which is one of 28 [[FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force]]s across the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/locations.shtm | title = US&R Task Force Locations | publisher = FEMA | access-date = August 28, 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120705001444/http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/locations.shtm | archive-date = July 5, 2012 }}</ref> The team is made up of 210 members that are qualified in various aspects of [[urban search and rescue]].<ref>{{cite web|title=USAR Task Force|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/missouri_tf1/Organization/|website=Boone County Fire|access-date=May 22, 2015}}</ref>
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