Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Sumter County Fire Assessment Increase
View Single Post
 
Old 08-24-2023, 07:32 AM
Bill14564 Bill14564 is online now
Sage
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Village of Hillsborough
Posts: 7,395
Thanks: 2,287
Thanked 7,729 Times in 3,034 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainger99 View Post
I am trying to figure out how many fire services we have in the county.

If there is a fire in the Villages but you live outside of Wildwood, who provides fire services?

If there is a fire in the Villages and you live in Wildwood, who provides fire services?

If you live in Wildwood but not in the Villages, who provides fire services?

If you live in Bushnell, who provides fire services?
There are two services in Sumter County. One is Sumter County Fire and EMS (SCFEMS) and the other is the Villages Public Safety Department (VPSD).

The simplest way of thinking about it: If you are within the outline of the Villages then VPSD will be called. If you are outside the outline of the Villages then SCFEMS will be called.

There is a map on page 17 of this VPSD presentation (looks to be from 2021 or so) that shows the service area of the VPSD. Anything outside that area but within Sumter County is handled by SCFEMS.
__________________
Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works.
Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so.


Victor, NY - Randallstown, MD - Yakima, WA - Stevensville, MD - Village of Hillsborough