Emergency Services Districts More Cost Effective than Cities

A new report from noted economist Dr. Ray Perryman finds that across Texas, Emergency Services Districts are more cost effective than municipalities in delivering emergency services.

Emergency Services Districts – ESDs – are independent, grassroots governments created by voters to provide fire protection, emergency medical response or both. Emergency Services Districts protect more than 10 million Texans.

Perryman’s researchers collected tax data for ESDs and for similarly sized municipalities in the same geographic area. Using census figures, the report calculated the per capita expenditure for both Emergency Services Districts and municipalities.