What incentive do the people have to join the LMRFD? Understanding the 144 Square Mile Fire District and the 2200 Square Mile Ambulance CON

A Fire Districts primary obligation is to the residents who support the fire district through property taxes. 

Chief David Strayer from Florence Arizona says the same thing I've been saying for years. We can’t abandon our community that is paying for our services” to respond to areas that have been repeatedly told they have no service and have actually rebuffed attempts to provide them fire coverage, Strayer said. “Our first duty is to our citizens.”

If you’re not in the fire district, your taxes provide no support. So why should they respond leaving those who do pay property tax unprotected?   

We have no contractual liability to respond to fires outside the fire district. White Hills isn't in a fire district so we can't have a mutual aid agreement because they have no aid to offer. 

Residents in White Hills and West of US-93 must understand they are NOT in the Lake Mojave Ranchos Fire District or any fire district. They may believe they’re paying property tax to the district when they see “Fire District Assistance Tax” on their property tax bills. But this money typically just goes to reimburse departments that respond for rescue operations on state highways.

The LMRFD covers 144 square miles in the communities of Dolan Springs and Meadview, but not the 38 miles between the two communities. SEE MAP

The LMRFD ambulance covers 2200 square miles but it's operated by the same two or sometimes three firefighters who drive the fire trucks... 

This is a map of the fire districts in our area. The big blue square is the area the LMRFD covers in Dolan Springs. The small blue dots above it is the Meadview coverage area. 

The red line is the 2200 square mile area the LMRFD ambulance is required to cover. As you can see the area covered by the LMRFD one ambulance is larger than the area covered by all other ambulances combined, and even runs up into Coconino County. 

How did the LMRFD get stuck providing ambulance service outside the fire district? 

No other fire district with such limited resources would respond outside their district if it left their district with nothing...

I say it again... The Taxpayers in the LMRFD Get NOTHING for their tax dollars. WHY do people outside the district get the same services?

In Montana many fire districts operate on a subscription service charging $60 to $100 a year. If you're not on the pain list, they don't respond.

What incentive do the people have to join the LMRFD?

Who would voluntarily choose to pay several hundred to several thousand dollars in property tax when they get the same services now? 

Local GMRS EMCOM NET for Las Vegas Dolan Springs and White Hills

We need a few people in Dolan Springs and White Hills interested in providing emergency communications for our area. The Las Vegas GMRS Net was moved to the 462.625 repeater on Mt Potosi at around 8000'. Easy access from lower Dolan with a handheld radio.

This will improve coverage and allow people in Dolan Springs and White Hills to participate in the weekly GMRS net.

Last week 50 people checked into the GMRS net. That's a lot of people for a local net and the most check in's the control operator has ever had. This shows the amount of interest in emergency communications in our area. 

You would need to obtain a GMRS license from the FCC for $70, and check into the NET each week. Unlike a ham license the GMRS license covers your entire family. Handheld radios cost $35 up and mobile/base radios are around $100. How to get your GMRS License

I’m getting a location for a GMRS repeater and working on getting communications in our designated shelter so we can communicate during an emergency.

If you're interested in the ability to communicate with family and friends during an emergency, come join us Mondays at 7PM Nevada Time 462.675 with a tone of 141.3. 

If you don't have your GMRS license but have a scanner listen in to the net..