Fire and Emergency Services Levy to leave insured home owners $47 a year better off

By David Stewart
Updated May 1 2017 - 4:44pm, first published April 27 2017 - 9:30am
FUNDING SWITCH: NSW Fire and Rescue personnel extinguish a fire at the old Munmorah Power Station. The state will fund introduce a new funding method for emergency services from July. Picture: Phil Hearne
FUNDING SWITCH: NSW Fire and Rescue personnel extinguish a fire at the old Munmorah Power Station. The state will fund introduce a new funding method for emergency services from July. Picture: Phil Hearne

FULLY insured home owners can expect to be about $47 better off per year under state government changes to the way it funds firefighters and the State Emergency Service (SES).

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