Collin County residents in rural areas sometimes struggle to get fire and ambulance services — an issue for rural residents across Texas. Some voters in Collin County will have an opportunity to weigh in on a potential solution in November.

County commissioners called for an election on creating an Emergency Services District at a recent meeting. If passed, the ESD would levy a tax rate to pay for fire and ambulance services in the county's unincorporated areas that aren’t annexed into a city or town.

Richard Hill said there will be dire consequences if the ESD fails to pass. Hill lives in unincorporated Collin County and helped form the petition to call for an ESD election.

“The lives of men, women and children will be at risk if this proposition fails,” he said. “Homes and other struc

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