One problem is the same two firefighters tax payers pay for fire protection and EMS in the 144 sm fire district, also run a nonprofit ambulance that must cover 2000 square miles, leaving the fire district unprotected.
The 2000 square mile Certificate of Need covers a very dangerous 50 miles of US93, the main highway between Las Vegas and Phoenix. On a good day people involved in an accident will get one or two EMT's, one may be a paramedic, in 20 minutes 50% of the time, and within 60 minutes 98% of the time.
When I ask the chief about volunteers. He says it's too expensive to train firefighters, no one in Dolan will volunteer, and they need to run a mile. At one fire board meeting he said it costs $1500 to run a call.
Responding to property outside the fire district
The LMRFD responds to anyone who calls, no one checks to see if the parcel is in the fire district, and many in Meadview are not in the fire district. In Meadview the fire district is a checker board. Many are not contiguous to the fire district, but that's another law, and another story.
If you look at Meadview you'll see many parcels are not in the fire district. It's not fair for people who pay no tax to the LMRFD get the same services I do paying $200 a year.
As you can see from the LMRFD district map below where I marked the meadview fire station location. There are properties within a few blocks of the fire station. These people pay no tax to the LMRFD, yet get better homeowner insurance rates than I do paying $200 a year, and being 2.5 miles from a fire station.
Below is a link to a map of the whole fire district... you need Windows with Silverlight to view the map. The Fire District is Shown as Red polygons via a Graphic Drawing
http://mcgis.mohavecounty.us/Silverlight_1_9/?Viewer=moh&Project=0803e1c8-e9a8-40ae-aef4-f121fecba7ab <http://mcgis.mohavecounty.us/Silverlight_1_9/?Viewer=moh&Project=0803e1c8-e9a8-40ae-aef4-f121fecba7ab>
