God bless the South Fulton Fire Department

[Hauldren Collider]

Hi, yes, we're just going to annex your government's authorities because you twerps can't be bothered to pony up 75 bucks a year.

[MRT144]

How is that better than offering to put out fires for a price?

because I hate people that live in unincorporated areas.

If they were just levying this against people who don't pay municipal taxes, I could see that, but I'd hate for a clerical error affect a tax payer and have their house burn down, which is entirely possible with this system in place.

One of the benefits of living in a municipal area with a tax base is the implicit guarantee that you are protected and attended to in emergencies by the pool of taxes collected.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Of course, introducing an administrative checking stage to emergency services introduces the potential for error. I look forward to the fallout caused by them letting the wrong house burn down. Sooner or later, this will happen.

[Guynemer]

btw, anyone who lives in a place where a direction is part of the name deserves to have their house burnt to death

East Lansing delenda est.

[Hauldren Collider]

[ColdWizard]

btw, anyone who lives in a place where a direction is part of the name deserves to have their house burnt to death

Why do you hate chinese people?

[onodera]

Seriously?

Come on.

[Elok]

Why do you hate chinese people?

Heck, the whole country's called "The Middle Kingdom."

[notyoueither]

But then no-one would pay, as most would judge the risk to be very low and decide to pay when they needed the service.

So if there were no fires, there'd be no funding and the department couldn't function.

The State could likely fix this by allowing FDs to place liens on property for the amount of unpaid emergency services.

[Uncle Sparky]

The State could likely fix this by allowing FDs to place liens on property for the amount of unpaid emergency services.

Or the state could simply include emergency services as part of state services, like a civilized country. Of course that would not happen in Tennessee.

[Hauldren Collider]

Why would you want local emergency services to be run by the state government and not the municipal government? That might make sense in a place like Hawaii or Rhode Island, but not Tennessee.

[Sava]

hulk hogan?
if so
i'm buying

[rah]

The State could likely fix this by allowing FDs to place liens on property for the amount of unpaid emergency services.

In this case it was a trailer park where the owner knew about the fee but figured the 75 bucks wasn't worth it. If the FD put a lien on the property, it would probably be no different than letting the place burn to the ground. Either way the owner ends up with squat.

[The Mad Monk]

Of course, introducing an administrative checking stage to emergency services introduces the potential for error. I look forward to the fallout caused by them letting the wrong house burn down. Sooner or later, this will happen.

The problem is that without a payment, there is no contract, and that violates the department's insurance agreement.

[The Mad Monk]

You mean they would treat them AND THE BILLS WOULD GO UNPAID? THAT MKES NO SESNSSNSNSNSE!!!

Of course it does, just like there is an exception where the fire department can go in with or without payment if human life is at stake.