Exhibit 23.1



            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated September 27, 2004, except for the
first paragraph of Note 10, for which the date is February 14, 2005, relating to
the financial statements, which appears in Rural/Metro Corporation's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated February 14, 2005. We also consent to the reference to
us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
April 27, 2005