The Chester Fire Services Committee's 2025/26 Fire & Emergency Services Budget has been approved by all parties: by the Committee on March 11, 2025; and by the joint owners of the Committee: the Village of Chester on March 26, 2025 and the Municipality of Chester on March 27, 2025. Note that a revision is expected in Q2 to the Capital Budget.

Having the budget passed before the start of the fiscal year on April 1st is a condition of the Intermunicipal Fire Agreement that governs the Village-Municipality partnership, and sets the Chester Volunteer Fire Department up with the support they need to both operate and plan for the future.

All residents in the CVFD's services area (Districts 3, 7 and part of 1) pay the same fire rate, which has seen a two-cent increase this year to 0.114 to enable greater investment in reserves for equipment replacement and for the proposed new fire station. This fire rate is still the lowest in the Municipality.