"To fund emergency medical services for quicker responses to heart attacks, vehicle accidents, and other emergencies, recruit and retain qualified personnel to provide necessary responsiveness to protect our homes and businesses from fire and other disasters, and plan for the District's long term fiscal well-being, shall an annual special tax be authorized at a base rate of $73 per tax unit with a cost-of-living adjustment, and all revenue staying in our local community?"
The Greenfield Fire Protection District is a completely separate entity
from the City of Greenfield. Unlike many cities where a local Fire
Department is part of the City services, the Fire District is not
controlled or supported by the City. Providing funding for the Fire
District does not provide additional funding for the City.
The
Fire District is committed to continue their emergency medical response
time averaging 5 to 8 minutes to provide the high level of care that our
community has come to expect. In order to do that, they need to
maintain their staffing levels. If they are forced to reduce staff on
nights and weekends, any volunteers that are available will have to wait
until there are at least 2 firefighters to respond to a call!
The Fire District has the lowest per capita funding of the fire
districts in Monterey County. New funding created locally would be
controlled locally by our responsible and accessible Fire Board of
Directors. In order to secure this funding, our fire fighters need 2/3
voter approval. For additional information regarding the financial needs
of the District see the special report prepared by LAFCO (PDF).
