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§ 69-25.4 CH. 69. ~ PROTECTION § 69-2~.~ fire protection in .................... Fire Protection District.' The failure of the election on the question of an increase in the tax for fire protect/on shall not be deemed to be the abolishment oft~e special tax for fire protection already in effect in said district. (1951, c. 820, s. 3; 1959, c. 805, s. 3.) ' § 69-25.4. Tax to be levied and used for furnishing fire protection, If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election vote in favor of levying and collecting a tax in said district, then the board of COunty commissioners is authorized and directed to levy and col- lect n tax in said district in such amount as it may deem nece~o~ry, not exceeding ten cents (10f) on the one hundreddollars ($100.0~ valuation of property in said district from year to year, and keep the same as a separate and special fund, to be used only for furnishing fire protection within said district, as provided in G.S. 69-25.5. Provided, that if a majority of the qualified voters voting at such elections vote in favor of levying and collecting a tax in such dis- trict, or vote in favor of increasing the tax limit in said district, then the board of county commissioners is authorized and directed to levy and collect a tax in such districts in such amount as it may deem necessary, not exceeding fiReen cents {15¢} on the one hun- dred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property in said ddstrict from year to year. For purposes of this Article, the term "fire protection" and the levy ora tax for that purposo may include the levy, appropriation, and expenditure of funds for furnishing emergency medica], re~cue and ambulance services to protect persons within the district from injury or death; and the levy, appropriation, and expenditure of the tax to provide such services are proper, authorized and la~ul. In providing these services the fire district shall be subject to G.S. 153A-250. {1951, c. 820, s. 4; 1959, c. 805, s. 4; 1981, c. 217.) § 69-25.5. Methods of providing fire protection. Upon the levy of such tax, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent of the taxes collected hereunder, provide fire protection for the district -- (1) By contracting with any inco~porated city or town, w~th any incorporated nonprofit volunteer or community fire department, or with the Department of Naturai Resources and Community Development to furnish fire protection, or (2) By furnishing fire protection itself if the county maintoins an organized fire department, or (3) By establishing a fire department within the district, or {4) By utilizing any two or more of the above listed methods of furnishing fire protection. {1951, c. 820, s. 5; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 16 II