| FIRE |
Costs |
Costs Per Hour
After |
| House Fire |
$200.00 first hour |
$75.00 every hour
Until last unit clears |
| Car or truck |
$100.00 plus cost of foam if used ($20.00
per gal.) |
|
Woods Fire
(Private Land Only) |
$100.00 First Hour |
$50.00 every hour
Until last unit clears |
| Grass or hay fire |
$100.00 First Hour
|
$50.00 every hour
Until last unit clears |
Equipment fire
(hay baler, tractors etc.) |
$100.00 per hour |
$50.00 every hour after
Until last unit clears |
| Good Intention Call |
No Charge |
|
| False calls |
No Charge |
|
| Yearly, County Fire Dues |
$45.00 |
Attention : Alton Area Residents
If you live in the Alton Fire District and
have not paid your fire dues,
(Due between December 1 and February 1)
listed are above are
the cost if you were to have a fire.
Map of The Fire Districts By being a member ($45.00 a year) you will not be billed for any fire
that you may have in that year (up to three fire calls per year),
however we do reserve the right to bill your insurance company
for the cost of the fire.
If you live in the city limits,
you DO NOT have to pay fire dues,
but we do reserve the right to bill your insurance
company if you have a fire.
With rising cost and necessary safety equipment that is
needed to maintain this fire department,
we ask for your support in these cost measures.
If you are not sure if you live in the Alton Fire District,
there is a map located in City hall with the boundaries showing
all the department’s districts for Oregon County.
Assistant Fire Chief
Alton Fire Dept.
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