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Firefighting services in Michigan: challenges and approaches among local governments

June 1, 2016

This report examines Michigan local government leaders’ opinions on fire protection services in their communities, including satisfaction with fire services and funding of fire protection at the local level. The findings are based on statewide...

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Enough funding to meet current fire protection needs

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Services, Public safety, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service demand, Fire services

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Problems finding qualified fire department candidates

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Workforce, Workforce conditions, employee issues, Public safety, Fire services

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Jurisdiction has employees in a fire union

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Workforce, Finance Budget and Operations, Public safety, Workforce conditions, Fire services, Unions

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Fire services in jurisdiction are more effective now than 5 years ago

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Services, Public safety, Community and Social Issues, Service provision, Fire services

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Most people confident that fire services will arrive in time to handle a fire

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Services, Public safety, Community and Social Issues, Service provision, Fire services

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Hazardous material incidents as a problem in jurisdiction

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Services, Public safety, Community and Social Issues, Service demand, Fire services

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Other fires as a problem in jurisdiction

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Services, Public safety, Community and Social Issues, Service demand, Fire services

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Wildfires as a problem in jurisdiction

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Services, Public safety, Community and Social Issues, Service demand, Fire services

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Arson as a problem in jurisdiction

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Services, Public safety, Community and Social Issues, Service demand, Fire services

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Satisfaction with use of cost recovery for fire services

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Services, Public safety, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending, Revenue, Fire services

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Is cost recovery used for jurisdiction's fire services

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Services, Public safety, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending, Revenue, Fire services

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Respondent's support or opposition to pursuing local funding for fire services

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Services, Public safety, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending, Property taxes, Fire services

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Has jurisdiction tried to raise local funding for fire services

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Services, Public safety, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending, Property taxes, Fire services

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Jurisdiction's appropriations of funding to meet fire protection needs

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Services, Public safety, Finance Budget and Operations, Finances, Service spending, Fire services

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Involved in intergovernmental or regional efforts in fire services

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Level of collaboration, Fire services, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation

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Jurisdiction's share of costs of shared fire services

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Services, Public safety, Finance Budget and Operations, Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Finances, Service provision, Service spending, Fire services

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Recruitment and/or retention is a problem for volunteer firefighters

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Services, Public safety, Service provision, Workforce, Fire services

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Recruitment and/or retention is a problem for paid firefighters

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Services, Public safety, Service provision, Workforce, Fire services

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Staffing arrangements for fire services

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Services, Public safety, Service provision, Workforce, Fire services

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Likelihood that jurisdiction will change service delivery for fire services in next 2 years

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Services, Public safety, Service provision, Fire services

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Primary service delivery arrangement for fire services

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Services, Public safety, Service provision, Fire services

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Satisfaction of jurisdiction's citizens with fire services

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Services, Public safety, Service provision, Fire services

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Satisfaction of respondent with fire services

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Services, Public safety, Service provision, Fire services

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Citizen preference between higher taxes and cuts to fire services

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Finance Budget and Operations, Services, Public safety, Service provision, Taxes, Tradeoffs, Fire services

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Public safety, EMS services, Fire services, Police services, Services, education, election administration, Infrastructure, Roads, Water, Privatization, Service demand, Spending, Service provision, Transportation, Transit, State government, State government job performance, State-local relations, State oversight, State policies, Emergency Manager Law, State government reform, State mandates and preemption, System of Funding Local Government, Finance Budget and Operations, public health, Workforce, Better/less able fiscal needs, bankruptcy, cash flow, census, civic discourse, complete streets, covid19, dashboard, Democracy, Development conditions, Development funding, Development program funding, employee issues, energy sources, Entrepreneurship

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Fire services

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Governmental Relations, Intergovernmental cooperation, Level of collaboration, Services, Service provision, Fire services