• In the past several years, Lake Travis Fire Rescue’s costs have escalated far beyond what current funding can support. For example, a new fire station costs $2 million, a standard new fire engine can cost more than $500,000, and necessary gear has essentially doubled in cost, including gear made necessary since 9-11.
  
  

• The constitutional tax cap of 10 cents per $100 valuation for ESDs has remained unchanged for more than 20 years. Lake Travis Fire Rescue has already reached the 10-cent-per $100 valuation cap and is struggling to sustain the high level of service it has historically provided.
  
  

• Your ESD is a first responder not only to fires, but to traffic accidents, medical emergencies, water rescues and many other emergency situations. We provide all the services expected from a top-notch municipal fire department, but there is a great discrepancy between the tax rates available to us versus a municipal fire department. A municipal fire department typically receives 30 to 40 cents more. We also do not receive city, county or state funding.
  
  

• Lake Travis Fire Rescue’s service area population density is rapidly escalating making it vulnerable because the area is typically former pasture areas and hills covered with oaks and cedars, which create an even greater threat of wildland fires, especially during the persistence of extreme drought

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Lakeway
Bee Cave
The Hills
Steiner Ranch
Alta Vista
Apache Shores
Cardinal Hills
Costa Bella
Deer Creek Ranch
Falconhead
Falconhead West
Flintrock
Hamilton Pool Road
Homestead
Hudson Bend
Lake Hills
LakePointe
Marshal Ford
River Place
Rough Hollow
Serene Hills
Spanish Oaks
Uplands
Vineyards
And other unincorporated areas of Travis County