Pacific Fire Protection Department firefighters will ask voters June 2 for a tax increase for the first time since 2004.
Prop Fire/F is a 27-cent increase collected on property taxes.
Franklin and Jefferson County voters will see this issue on the ballot as Proposition Fire, while the 15 St. Louis County voters served by the fire district will see it as Prop F.
The Pacific Fire Protection District provides services to approximately 15,000 citizens and covers 78 square miles encompassing Pacific, Catawissa and Robertsville, as well as other unincorporated portions of Franklin, Jefferson and St. Louis counties.
The district employs 15 full-time firefighters, three chief officers, and one secretary anchored from two 24/7 engine houses and one reserve engine house.