Summit Fire & EMS is established as a special district under Title 32 of the Colorado Revised Statutes and is governed by a five member publicly elected board of directors.

Regular meetings of the board are conducted monthly at the SFE Administration Building. The board hires and supervises the SFE fire chief in addition to overseeing the budget and governing the organization's business and affairs. Updates from chief officers, the finance manager and other various program managers are provided in both writing and verbal communications to the board.