Welcome to Millsap VFD

"Facts & Fiction”
Millsap VFD is looking to continue providing a responsible and vital professional service to the Millsap area. Parker County Commisioners Court has made it uncertain whether they will continue to support the volunteer fire deparments in Parker County. Joining ESD No.07 will provide the funding for the fire department to continue to serve. However, wrong information has been given to the public concerning the fire department and the possibility of joining ESD No.07. We would like to set the record straight.

Facts:
The Millsap VFD is attempting to be annexed into Emergency Service District (ESD) No. 07, that currently supports the Greenwood VFD

The ESD can levy a Property Tax up to 10 cents per $100.00 of property value, ESD No. 07 has a current tax take of 8.5 cents per $100.00, the lowest in Parker County

The City of Millsap will NOT be included in the ESD

The ONLY reason the Millsap VFD is considering this annexation is to create a stable funding source for our department
ESD No. 07 board has assured the Millsap VFD that tax revenue raised in our district will remain in our district

Board members from our area will be added to the board as opening become available

The Millsap VFD will be adding “First Responders” for EMS calls if this election is successful

The Millsap VFD offers a high level of service; this is evident in our Public Protection Classification (PPC) of 4 by the Insurance Service Office (ISO). ISO has evaluated over 48,000 fire departments in the United States; the Millsap VFD is in the top 15% of all the departments.

The Millsap VFD has the apparatus, equipment, volunteer staffing and training to maintain this high level of service.

ESD are currently funding the majority of Fire Protection in Parker County.

Yes we purchase Pizza one night a month for our first of the month training, where we inspect all of our equipment to make sure that everything is in working order

Yes we purchase a meal for our members that give up a day to work at the station, completing project that we would have to pay someone to do.

FICTION:

There will be Paid firefighters at our station. This is completely not true; we do not have the call volume to even consider having paid people at our station. 2011 was an extremely busy year and we had 150 calls.

We use grants to purchase equipment we don’t need. This again is completely false. The Grants we have received are highly competitive and only awarded to a small percentage of the applicants. We use the grants to purchase equipment that we would not be able to purchase with our current funding.

Our current funding form Parker County is more than enough. The fact is Parker County has reduced the overall spending to the Volunteer Fire Departments; our area was expanded to take in the Mountain River VFD area with no increase in funding.

We are wasteful and spend money on things we don’t need. The fact is we operate under a very tight budget and all items we purchase are discussed at our monthly business meeting and only purchased when agreed to by the membership.