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Hearing set for emergency district

by | Mar 6, 2025 | Area news, Latest

The Collin County Commissioners Court has scheduled a public hearing on a petition to create an emergency services district to provide fire and emergency medical service to the 60,000 county residents who don’t live in cities.

Since October 2013, the county has paid 22 city fire departments to provide emergency services to residents in those cities’ extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ). But Melissa dropped out last year.

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