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Wave | Q# | Question Text | Data Tables |
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Spring 2016 | Q11b | We are interested in views about the trade-off between services and taxes. Thinking about particular services your jurisdiction may currently offer, if your jurisdiction's citizens were facing significant service cuts, in your opinion, what would they choose? Would the majority of citizens be more likely to choose higher taxes to avoid those service cuts or would they choose cuts to public services to avoid higher taxes? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Finance Budget and Operations | Public Safety Related Topics: Service provision | Taxes | Fire services | Tradeoffs | |
Fall 2015 | Q2a | First, please think overall about the public safety services in your jurisdiction, whether provided by your jurisdiction or by other entities. In your role as a local official, how satisfied are you with each of the following services provided in your jurisdiction? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q3a | Now, how satisfied do you think the majority of your citizens are with each of the following services provided in your jurisdiction? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q6 | Which of the following best describes your jurisdiction's primary service delivery arrangement, if any, for Fire services? Major Tags: Services | Public Safety Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q7a | How likely is it that your jurisdiction will change its service delivery arrangement (e.g., provided directly, indirectly via contract, etc.) for each of the following services in the next 2 years? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q10 | Which of the following best describes the staffing arrangements for Fire services in your jurisdiction? Are they all volunteers (including those who may receive a stipend for fire runs, sometimes referred to as paid-on-call), all paid employees, or a mix? Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Workforce Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q11a | To what extent, if any, would you say that recruitment and/or retention is a problem - either now or recently - for the following personnel in the public safety departments that serve your jurisdiction? Paid firefighters Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Workforce Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q11b | To what extent, if any, would you say that recruitment and/or retention is a problem - either now or recently - for the following personnel in the public safety departments that serve your jurisdiction? Volunteer (including paid-on-call) firefighters Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Workforce Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q12a | We're interested in how costs are divided when services are shared jointly between multiple jurisdictions, or provided by one jurisdiction for another. Thinking about the primary service delivery arrangement in your jurisdiction for each of the following services, do you think your jurisdiction pays too much, about the right amount, or not enough of the total costs of services provided, or does your jurisdiction not share service delivery? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Finance Budget and Operations | Governmental Relations Related Topics: Intergovernmental cooperation | Finances | Service provision | Service spending | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q13a | To what extent do you agree or disagree that your jurisdiction has enough funding to meet its current fire protection needs? Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Finance Budget and Operations Related Topics: Finances | Service demand | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q14a | Now, do you think your jurisdiction appropriates too much, about the right amount, or too little funding to meet its fire protection needs? Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Finance Budget and Operations Related Topics: Finances | Service demand | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q15a | In recent years, has your jurisdiction tried to raise local funding for any of the following services through either new or renewed public safety millage(s) or special assessment(s)? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Finance Budget and Operations Related Topics: Finances | Service spending | Property taxes | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q16a | Would you, in your role as a local official, support or oppose your jurisdiction pursuing additional local funding for any of the following public safety services through either a new millage or special assessment? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Finance Budget and Operations Related Topics: Finances | Service spending | Property taxes | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q17a | Do any of the public safety departments that serve your jurisdiction offset expenses by using cost recovery policies/ordinances (for example, charging for fire runs, hazardous material incidents, police calls, or imposing extra fees on drunken driver or moving vehicle citations, etc.) for the following services? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Finance Budget and Operations Related Topics: Finances | Service spending | Revenue | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q18a | Thinking about any important aspects of the cost recovery policies/ordinances used in your jurisdiction (e.g., cost savings, collection issues, public satisfaction), overall, would you say you have been generally satisfied or dissatisfied with the use of cost recovery for each of the following services? Fire services Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Finance Budget and Operations Related Topics: Finances | Service spending | Revenue | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q19a | Thinking about fire and medical issues, to what extent, if any, would you say the following are currently (or have recently been) problems in your jurisdiction? Arson Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Community and Social Issues Related Topics: Service demand | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q19b | Thinking about fire and medical issues, to what extent, if any, would you say the following are currently (or have recently been) problems in your jurisdiction? Wildfires Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Community and Social Issues Related Topics: Service demand | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q19c | Thinking about fire and medical issues, to what extent, if any, would you say the following are currently (or have recently been) problems in your jurisdiction? Other fires Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Community and Social Issues Related Topics: Service demand | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q19d | Thinking about fire and medical issues, to what extent, if any, would you say the following are currently (or have recently been) problems in your jurisdiction? Hazardous material incidents Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Community and Social Issues Related Topics: Service demand | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q20a | To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about Fire services in your jurisdiction? Most people feel confident that Fire services will arrive in time to handle a fire. Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Community and Social Issues Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Fall 2015 | Q20b | To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about Fire services in your jurisdiction? The Fire services in my jurisdiction are more effective now than they were 5 years ago. Major Tags: Services | Public Safety | Community and Social Issues Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | |
Spring 2013 | Q16b | Does your jurisdiction currently have a Fire union? Major Tags: Workforce | Finance Budget and Operations | Public Safety Related Topics: Workforce conditions | Fire services | Unions | |
Spring 2012 | Q33b | We are interested in views about the trade-off between services and taxes. Thinking about particular services your jurisdiction may currently offer, if your jurisdiction's citizens were facing significant service cuts, in your opinion, what would they choose? Would the currently offer, if your jurisdiction's citizens were facing significant service cuts, in your opinion, what would they choose? Would the majority of citizens be more likely to choose higher taxes to avoid those service cuts or would they choose cuts to public services to avoid higher taxes: Fire services Major Tags: Services | Finance Budget and Operations | Public Safety Related Topics: Service provision | Taxes | Fire services | Tradeoffs | |
Fall 2010 | Q5d | Please identify the extent of your jurisdiction's collaboration with other jurisdictions for provision of the following types of services: Fire services Major Tags: Governmental Relations | Services Related Topics: Service provision | Fire services | Intergovernmental cooperation | Level of collaboration | |
Fall 2010 | Q9d | For what types of services or activities is your jurisdiction studying and/or planning new or significantly expanded collaborative efforts: Fire services Major Tags: Governmental Relations | Public Safety | Services, Related Topics: Service provision | Intergovernmental cooperation | Fire services | |
Spring 2009 | Q20d | Is your jurisdiction currently involved in any of the following types of intergovernmental or regional efforts: Fire services Major Tags: Governmental Relations | Public Safety Related Topics: Fire services | Intergoverrnmental cooperation | Level of collaboration |
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