{"id":17,"date":"2016-12-09T14:13:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jcesd3.org\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:58:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Notice of Adopted 2025 Tax Rate<br \/>\nThis year&#8217;s tax levy to fund maintenance and operations<br \/>\nexpenditures does not exceed last year&#8217;s maintenance and<br \/>\noperations tax levy. A statement about &#8220;tax increase&#8221; as<br \/>\nspecified by \u00a726.05(b) of Property Tax Code is not required to<br \/>\nbe included on the home page of any Internet website operated<br \/>\nby Jackson County Emergency Services District #3<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Welcome to Jackson County Emergency Services District No.3<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Mission:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Jackson County Emergency Services District No. 3 (Edna Fire Department) is to a leading agency in our community by:<\/p>\n<p>Meeting the needs of the community in Fire prevention, Fire suppression, Rescue, and Emergency Medical First Responder.\u00a0 We will utilize and improve our dedication to the people of this community and constantly improve our services and skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Policy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Give top priority to firefighter safety and environmental concerns.\u00a0 Encourage the professional and personal development of our personnel thru development of in-house training program.\u00a0 Work as a team as Volunteers and Career firefighters and take full advantage of our skills, knowledge and creativity.\u00a0 Communicate openly and honestly to our members and community to inspire trust and confidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it Started:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2013 Jackson County Emergency Services No. 3 was formed through a majority vote of the property owners within its district. This was done to ensure that adequate funding was available for Emergency Services within the proposed service area. Taxpayers\u00a0 approved a 10 cent per one hundred dollar tax on their property to properly fund the service.<\/p>\n<p><b>Area Covered:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jackson County Emergency Services District No. 3 (Edna Fire Department) is the largest Emergency Services District in Jackson County, spanning the area that runs from HWY 59 Lake Bridge to the Victoria County line and from Lavaca County Line on HWY 111 to the Meeting of the Lavaca and Navidad Rivers to the South.\u00a0 Communities served are the City of Edna, El Toro, Morales, and Cordele areas in Jackson County, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jackson-ESD-Fire-map.pdf\">Jackson ESD Fire map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Notice of Adopted 2025 Tax Rate This year&#8217;s tax levy to fund maintenance and operations expenditures does not exceed last year&#8217;s maintenance and operations tax <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/\" title=\"Home\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jcesd3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}