@amaditalks In Texas, it would likely be funded via property tax or sales tax (for an ESD). I don’t think a county can collect sales tax.

@amaditalks @megerman @scATX all that said, I haven’t seen anything to suggest results would be diff if all professionals were on site.

@amaditalks @megerman @scATX Travis County even has at least one ESD that is either volunteer or mixed vol/pro.

@amaditalks @megerman @scATX But have to consider size of county and resources to cover entire area. Worse in less pop western TX.

@amaditalks @megerman @scATX fair enough. An ESD is more likely, just doing napkin math based on numbers I already knew.

@megerman @scATX assuming $54k/yr, which is about what Austin FFs make after a yr and 2,500 pop of West.