Why don’t our property taxes cover the costs for ambulance services?

The Poway Fire Department is funded through a combination of property taxes and user fees. Tax dollars help provide for the availability fire prevention and protection, and emergency medical services. While tax dollars do help subsidize a small portion of the ambulance operation, patients transported by ambulance must pay an additional fee for the individual service they received.  The fees help lessen the burden on the tax paying public.

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1. Why am I receiving an ambulance bill?
2. Will the City of Poway bill my insurance?
3. Do you accept credit cards?
4. How are the fees for ambulance transport and emergency medical services determined?
5. Why don’t our property taxes cover the costs for ambulance services?
6. How often are fees adjusted?
7. Can I make monthly payment arrangements?
8. What is Advanced Life Support?
9. What is Basic Life Support?