Fire Chief Chris Reed said he would like his department to start billing for services such as car accidents, traffic control, debris cleanup and search and rescue.
Thirty-nine towns in Maine are doing so and another 18 are considering it, he told selectmen last month.
“So I do think it’s a revenue that we should look at intelligently and probably do because we’re missing the boat,” he said. “The bottom line is the consumer is paying the insurance premium to have it done.”
Town Manager Stacy Carter said it would require an ordinance, a hearing in February and a vote at the annual town meeting in June.
“The chief is right,” he said. “People pay for this in their insurance payments. Costs continue to increase for us and this is a way to offset some of that.”