8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2007

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	0-22056	86-0746929
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 994-3886

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

Rural/Metro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), previously reported on October 1, 2007, that it had received a NASDAQ Staff Determination notice stating that the Company is not in compliance with the filing requirements for continued listing as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) because it did not timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2007 (“Form 10-K”).

On November 14, 2007, the Company filed its Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On November 15, 2007, the Company announced that it received notice from Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel that the Company’s filing delinquency was cured upon the filing of the Form 10-K, and that the matter was deemed moot. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 15, 2007, the Company issued a press release, dated November 15, 2007, regarding the award of a new contract with TriStar Health System, a division of Healthcare Corporation of America. The full text of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release, dated November 15, 2007.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	RURAL/METRO CORPORATION
Date: November 15, 2007	By:	/s/ Kristine A. Beian-Ponczak
		Kristine A. Beian-Ponczak Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release, dated November 15, 2007.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

CONTACT: Liz Merritt, Rural/Metro Corporation (investors)

(480) 606-3337

Jeff Stanlis, Hayden Communications (media)

(602) 476-1821

For immediate release

RURAL/METRO AWARDED NEW $2.5 MILLION CONTRACT TO PROVIDE AMBULANCE SERVICES TO HCA’S TRISTAR HEALTH SYSTEM; COMPANY RETURNS TO NASDAQ LISTING COMPLIANCE BY CURING FILING DELINQUENCY

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 15, 2007) – Rural/Metro Corporation, a leading provider of ambulance and private fire protection services, announced today it has been awarded a new contract to become a preferred provider of non-emergency ambulance services to the TriStar Health System based in Nashville, Tennessee. The one-year contract is estimated to generate annual net revenue of approximately $2.5 million.

TriStar Health System is a division of Healthcare Corporation of America (“HCA”), a leading national provider of healthcare services and facilities that include 170 hospitals and 113 outpatient centers in 20 states and England. HCA is based in Nashville. The TriStar Health System is comprised of hospitals, medical centers and other healthcare services across Tennessee and south central Kentucky.

Jack Brucker, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are very pleased to expand our relationship with TriStar and HCA to include the greater Nashville metropolitan area. We have served TriStar as the contracted provider of emergency ambulance services in nearby Spring Hill, Tennessee, for the past year and have demonstrated in that time to be a trusted service provider and healthcare partner.”

Bryan Gibson, President of the Company’s Southern Emergency Services Group, added, “Our opportunity to expand operations into Nashville is exciting, and we look forward to providing the same high levels of care that our customers have come to expect. Our business strategy is to enhance our presence throughout middle Tennessee, and we value opportunities such as this to serve a growing area of the state.”

Company Returns to NASDAQ Compliance

The Company also reported today that it has received notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market that the filing delinquency for which the Company requested a hearing has been cured and its hearing on the matter has been cancelled as moot.

On October 1, 2007, the Company received a notice from Nasdaq regarding the delay in filing its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, and that it did not comply

with the timely regulatory filing requirement under Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14). As a result, the Company requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel.

On November 14, 2007, the Company filed the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which cured the filing delinquency and led to the Nasdaq decision.

About Rural/Metro

Rural/Metro Corporation provides emergency and non-emergency ambulance services and private fire protection services in 23 states and approximately 400 communities throughout the United States. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.ruralmetro.com.

SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the company’s ability to collect its accounts receivable, secure new contracts, retain existing contracts, and improve earnings and operating margins. Although Rural/Metro believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct.

Reference is made to a more complete discussion of forward-looking statements and applicable risks that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements (“Cautionary Statements”) that include, among others, those identified under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, which is available free of charge on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at www.sec.gov or on the Company’s website at www.ruralmetro.com. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements (or statements that may be attributed to the Company) are expressly qualified by the Cautionary Statements. The Company’s forward-looking statements are based on information available today, and it undertakes no obligation to update these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by the securities laws.

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