Upper Nazareth Fire Tax, Explained

Dec. 18, 2025

— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs

It’s a common practice to break up property taxes into components — general fund, library, fire protection — and there’s nothing wrong with it.

I’m just a little suspicious whenever tax policy isn’t as simple as possible.

Upper Nazareth Township, like many others, has taxes broken out by purpose.

Here’s a link to an Upper Nazareth Township Meetings blog post about separate property taxes for different functions that brings some clarity to the issue:

https://uppernazarethmeetings.com/2025/12/18/unt-approves-a-1-5-mil-fire-protection-services-tax-for-2026/