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?