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<br />furnishing emergency medical, rescue, and ambulance services to protect person within the <br />district from injury or death.i6 <br />Once created, a rural fire protection tax district is a separate municipal corporation. The <br />Board of Commissioners establishes the rate of the district tax each year. The Board of <br />Commissioners also provides fire protection, to the extent of the taxes collected, by either <br />contracting for the service, providing the seiwice itself if the county has an organized fire <br />department, establishing a f r~ department within the district or using some combination of these <br />methods.? <br />A rural fire protection disri7et in a single county is governed either by the Board or a <br />three-member fire protection district commission, which serves at the discretion and under the <br />supervision of the County Commissioners.8,9 The revenue funds from the disri7ct tax .are <br />administered by the governing board. The governing board is authorized to enter into contracts <br />on behalf or the district to purchase property or procure fire protections services. <br />Altering a Rural Fire Protection District <br />A ruual fire protection disri7ct may be altered to change the existing boundaries of the <br />district, abolish it, or increase the maximum tax rate. <br />1. Increasing the Tax Rate. The procedure is the same as far creating a rural fire <br />protection district.'o <br />2. Increasing Territory to Add Unincorporated Area. To increase the territory in an <br />unincorporated area he governing board must receive a petition from either the owner <br />or atwo-thirds majority of the owners of the adjoining ten•itory to be included; the <br />addition must be approved by the board of directors of any corporation furnishing fire <br />protection to the district, a majority of the board of commissioners must approve the <br />addition, and a public hearing must he held, t t <br />3. Increasing Territory to Add Incorporated Area. Municipal and County governing <br />boards adopt a xesolu#ion.i2 <br />4. Changing Boundary Lines of Districts with Same Rate of Tax. The County may <br />merge districts or relocate territorial boundaries from one district to another upon <br />receipt of a petition of the boards of directors of any corporation famishing fire <br />pro#ection in the district and a public hearing is held. The Board has the authority to <br />relocate the boundary lines "in accordance with the petition or in such a manner as <br />the board may seem proper."ts <br />N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5 <br />$ N.C.G.S. § 69-25.7 <br />9 Since Orange County does not have a Fire Protection Commission, information tvilf be limited to governing <br />structures used in Orange County. <br />io N.C.G.S. § 69-25.1 <br />lE N.C.G.S. § 69-25.11(1) <br />~ZN.C.G.S. § 69-25.11(5) <br />cs N.C.G.S. § 69-25.11(3) <br />2 <br />