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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 3

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1.	Name and Address of Reporting Person* (Last, First, Middle)	2.	Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)	3.	I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)
	,		11/12/02
	Carnegie Fund Management Company S.A. Centre Europe, 5 Place de la Gare (Street)	4.	Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol	5.	Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check All Applicable)
			Rural/Metro Corporation (RURL)		o  Director o  10% Owner	o  Officer (give title below) x  Other (specify below)
	L-1616 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, (City)         (State)        (Zip)	6.	If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)		X(1)
				7.	Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
					o  Form filed by One Reporting Person x  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder:	Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.	Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2.	Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)		3.	Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4.	Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Common Stock			950,000 (2)
	Common Stock			1,541,180 (3)

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Table II — Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.

Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2.

Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3.

Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4.

Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5.

Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6.

Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exer- cisable

Expi- ration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) The reporting person is a member of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the issuer's outstanding common stock.

(2) These securities are owned solely by Carnegie Fund Management Company, S.A., who is a member of a "group" with Carnegie Global Healthcare Fund Management Company S.A. for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

(3) These securities are owned solely by Carnegie Global Healthcare Fund Management Company, S.A.

/s/ Michael Hughes	12/3/02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:	File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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Joint Filer Information

Name:		Carnegie Global Healthcare Fund Management Company S.A.
Address:		Centre Europe, 5 Place de la Gare L-1616 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Designated Filer:		Carnegie Fund Management Company S.A.
Issuer & Ticker Symbol:		Rural/Metro Corporation (RURL)
Date of Event Requirement Statement:		########
		Carnegie Global Healthcare Fund Management Company S.A.
Signature:		/s/ Michael Hughes
	By:	Michael Hughes
	Its:	Head of Fund Services

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