Clark County Fire District 6’s Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution asking voters to consider a fire levy lid lift as part of the Aug. 4 primary election.
If approved, the lid lift would fund additional personnel to respond to higher call volumes for fire and emergency medical service, improve firefighter training, make the district’s busiest fire station more resistant to earthquake damage, and add or replace aging apparatus, according to a news release. It would take effect in 2021.
Revenue could also backfill costs associated with the COVID-19 outbreak, Fire Chief Kristan Maurer said in the news release.
“We want to be clear that this funding request is not a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve had the need for additional revenue to respond to higher call volumes for years now,” Maurer said. “However, the reality of the pandemic is that we anticipate some of the funds will be used for this purpose.”