[Thermalseeker]

I’m in TN. Not sure about this fire hall, but we don’t get a dime from anyone except the members of the community (very rural area) and once with the Federal grant. There are no cities or towns in our zone of responsibility. So, it’s the property owners who foot the lions share of the cost. We don’t keep records on who donates and who doesn’t. If your house catches on fire we’ll come squirt water on it. We get called out on all sorts of stuff, body searches, missing children, forest and brush fires, meth labs, etc. In fact, the reason why I became a member of the fire hall in the first place way back when was so I would have a key to the fire truck and know how to use it.

[drjimmy]

Not sure about this fire hall, but we don’t get a dime from anyone except the members of the community (very rural area) and once with the Federal grant. There are no cities or towns in our zone of responsibility. So, it’s the property owners who foot the lions share of the cost.

So do the property owners pay for the fire department through their property taxes, or does 100% of the funding come from voluntary contributions.