Introducing Fire Services Cost Recovery

Starting January 1, 2025, Parkland County Fire Services may issue invoices to recover costs from certain types of emergency responses. Large complex fires, increased incident volumes, and preventable response calls are increasing the cost to operate our Fire Services.

To off-set these rising costs, and to avoid passing the increased operations costs on to residents through higher tax rates, Council approved a Fire Cost Recovery policy in September 2024.

Under this policy Parkland County Fire Services may issue invoices to recover costs from certain types of Emergency Responses, including:

• Motor vehicle collision and vehicle fires on Parkland County roads
• Structure fires
• Public Assist calls
• Outdoor fires
• False alarms

The purpose of the Fire Cost Recovery policy is to recover costs where the impacts are insurable and/or where the events would have been preventable by proper adherence to fire regulations. This is a cost recovery system, meaning the County doesn’t profit from emergency responses.

Visit our Fire Services Cost Recovery Page for more details.