The review of the budget for this fire department shows that the fire department doses a good job on management of money. The fire department is a rule fire department with 12 full time line personal 1 fire chief 1 full time office secretary 1 part time secretary. There is two part time personal and 6 fire fighter interns. The department is a transporting advanced life support with 4 ambulances 4 fire engines 1 water tender and 4 administrative vehicles. There is 3 fire station 2 station are staffed with 2 personal that cross staff between an ambulance and a fire engine. The Third fire station is unstaffed and is rented out as a residence to one of the employees. The fire district is a full risk district that covers 92 square miles with the
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There are several taxes that are collect every year these taxes are share of 1 percent of the property taxes between multiple public agencies for $321,000 the district also has to special assessments one is for a fire assessment that provides fire protections in the value of $722,000 a year and a special rescue tax that helps to cover the cost of having an ambulance with paramedics in addition to fire services in the amount of $300.000. There is also ambulance bill for every patient that gets transported this recovers $300,000 a year. The state give a reimbursement to the district of $55,000 a year. Other mislanace funds are donation this fire district has a auxiliary that runs a thrift store and donates $100,000 a year. There is a state development fee collection for all new building built this value changes year to year but it averages $30,000. A Year income that varies is funds from campaign fire assignments. The district will get paid for the equipment used on the fires and such as a flat rate for a fire engine or a admin vehicle. Then the district will get a 10 percent administration fee of the total amount of money. This amount changes depending on the resources sent to the fire and the amount of time that resources are committed to the incident. The last source of income that can not be depended on is grants. The Department has had several federal grants over the last several years to help in safety gear
There are several taxes that are collect every year these taxes are share of 1 percent of the property taxes between multiple public agencies for $321,000 the district also has to special assessments one is for a fire assessment that provides fire protections in the value of $722,000 a year and a special rescue tax that helps to cover the cost of having an ambulance with paramedics in addition to fire services in the amount of $300.000. There is also ambulance bill for every patient that gets transported this recovers $300,000 a year. The state give a reimbursement to the district of $55,000 a year. Other mislanace funds are donation this fire district has a auxiliary that runs a thrift store and donates $100,000 a year. There is a state development fee collection for all new building built this value changes year to year but it averages $30,000. A Year income that varies is funds from campaign fire assignments. The district will get paid for the equipment used on the fires and such as a flat rate for a fire engine or a admin vehicle. Then the district will get a 10 percent administration fee of the total amount of money. This amount changes depending on the resources sent to the fire and the amount of time that resources are committed to the incident. The last source of income that can not be depended on is grants. The Department has had several federal grants over the last several years to help in safety gear