| Founded in 1965 as the Windsor Volunteer Fire
Department, Windsor Fire Protection District (est. 1986)
is a combination paid/volunteer fire department that
responds to roughly 1900 calls per year. WFPD also
provides extensive public education and fire/life safety
services. POPULATION/AREA SERVED: 30,000 people
in 30 square miles (5 square miles of Town of Windsor;
25 square miles surrounding unincorporated area)
DAILY STAFFING: Two fire captains, two fire
engineers 24/7; one firefighter M-F, 0800-1700; two
residential firefighters 1800-0600 daily.
NUMBER OF STATIONS: Two—Station 1 staffed
24/7; Station 2 staffed 1000-1800 daily.
VOLUNTEER (On-Call) SUPPRESSION PERSONNEL:
Twenty —2 battalion chiefs, 1 fire engineer, 17
firefighters
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF: Four—Fire Chief,
Battalion Chief/Fire Marshal, Administrative Assistant,
Financial Assistant
OPERATING BUDGET: $2.7 million for FY
2007/2008*
FUNDING SOURCES: Three cents of every $100 of
ad valorem property tax collected within District
($993,036 FY 2007/2008) and Special Taxes assessed to
each parcel within District ($1,713,552 FY 2007/2008)
plus miscellaneous income amounting to less than one
percent of the District’s annual revenue
* Fiscal year ends June 30 |
