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Wave	Q#	Question Text	Data Tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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 \| Intergovernmental Cooperation Related Topics: Finances \| Service provision \| Service spending \| Fire services	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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 Related Topics: Service demand \| Fire services	see tables
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 Related Topics: Service demand \| Fire services	see tables
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 Related Topics: Service demand \| Fire services	see tables
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 Related Topics: Service demand \| Fire services	see tables
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 Related Topics: Service provision \| Fire services	see tables
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 Related Topics: Service provision \| Fire services	see tables
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	see tables
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	see tables
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: Intergovernmental Cooperation \| Services Related Topics: Service provision \| Fire services \| Level of collaboration	see tables
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: Intergovernmental Cooperation \| Public Safety \| Services, Related Topics: Service provision \| Fire services	see tables
Spring 2009	Q20d	Is your jurisdiction currently involved in any of the following types of intergovernmental or regional efforts: Fire services Major Tags: Intergovernmental Cooperation \| Public Safety Related Topics: Fire services \| Level of collaboration	see tables