How much do I save as a tax payer by having a volunteer fire force?
Quite a bit actually. A town the size of Warren would require a full time staff of 30 firefighters. With a competitive average salary of $60,000 each, personnel costs alone would be roughly $1.8 Million – and thats not including pension and other long-term costs. The only monetary offset for the necessary tax increase would be a slight reduction in home insurance costs for having a full-time fire staff serve your community.
