About: Emergency response fee

In the United States, an emergency response fee, also known as fire department charge, fire department service charge, accident response fee, accident fee, Traffic Infraction Accident Fee, ambulance fee, etc., and pejoratively as a crash tax is a fee for emergency services such as firefighting, emergency medical services, , etc., performed by a local fire department, EMTs, police department, etc., at the scene of a structure fire, wildfire, traffic collision, or other emergency, billed afterward to the surviving property owner or owner(s), operator(s) of the vehicle(s) involved, and/or their insurance companies.