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Tennessee family home burns while firefighters watch

Long thread about this in OT.

People chose to not purchase the service. To deliver sets a bad precedent. then no one will purchase service expecting it to be delivered for free. Liberals 🙁
What happens if a purchaser of the service now needs the equipment and it is unavailable due to being used as a freebe?
 
These people VOTED for this option...

Personal responsibility for one's decisions/actions is going further out the window...

How the hell are there still morons out there who have not paid after this happened last year?
 
This guy fucking pwned the county from the comments

"I am a volunteer firefighter/EMT. My fire department is funded by donations and its own members. I live in a rural area. NONE of us would of ever let someone's house burn down. Our primary oath is to serve the community and protect human life and property. Not only is our country bankrupt, it is letting the almighty dollar ruin basic morals. Whatever happened to the good old days, where whole communities lined up handing buckets to help put out a neighbors fire. Have we lost human touch and care?"
 
spacejamz said:
Tennessee family home burns while firefighters watch

These people VOTED for this option...

Personal responsibility for one's decisions/actions is going further out the window...

How the hell are there still morons out there who have not paid after this happened last year?
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Yep, keep voting Republican
 
JSt0rm said:
WAAH WAAH WAAAH WAAAH NANNY STATE
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What was that again?

Seriously, these people chose this course for themselves. This shit ain't free. The moment it became a unionized operation, it probably became illegal for people who aren't members to put out a fire in their jurisdiction.

Cry for the old days a little more. You know...the days where people were responsible for their own wellbeing. No welfare (except to those who COULD NOT work), no overreaching government telling me what I can and cannot do...shit, on second thought, I agree with you. Let's bring back the "good old days".
 
drebo said:
What was that again?

Seriously, these people chose this course for themselves. This shit ain't free. The moment it became a unionized operation, it probably became illegal for people who aren't members to put out a fire in their jurisdiction.

Cry for the old days a little more. You know...the days where people were responsible for their own wellbeing. No welfare (except to those who COULD NOT work), no overreaching government telling me what I can and cannot do...shit, on second thought, I agree with you. Let's bring back the "good old days".
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are you done with your little nonsensical rant? At the end of it all you agree? LOL.
 
JSt0rm said:
This guy fucking pwned the county from the comments

"I am a volunteer firefighter/EMT. My fire department is funded by donations and its own members. I live in a rural area. NONE of us would of ever let someone's house burn down. Our primary oath is to serve the community and protect human life and property. Not only is our country bankrupt, it is letting the almighty dollar ruin basic morals. Whatever happened to the good old days, where whole communities lined up handing buckets to help put out a neighbors fire. Have we lost human touch and care?"
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Actually, the mobile home owners pwned themselves by thinking they were going to save $75 by not paying the fee they VOTED for...
 
spacejamz said:
Actually, the mobile home owners pwned themselves by thinking they were going to save $75 by not paying the fee they VOTED for...
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I think the quote i posted was talking about larger issues then just this one trailer park home. I dont give a fuck that somebody lost a $10000 trailer home.
 
EagleKeeper said:
To deliver sets a bad precedent. then no one will purchase service expecting it to be delivered for free. Liberals 🙁
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Living in a country where basic emergency services aren't guaranteed for everyone. Conservatives 🙁

Wait, I have another one.

Living in a county where a $250K house has the same fire service fee as a $15K trailer. Conservatives 🙁
 
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Democracy is great when it's doing what you want. "I save $75 a year. HURR HURR HURR"

Democracy sucks when it's giving you exactly what you asked for. "WHY WON'T SOMEBODY PUT OUT THE FIRE THINK OF THE GOOD OLE DAYS!!!"
 
As much has I hate to say it, why don't they just add on to the tax bill, electricity bill, water bill.

Even though it is their choice not to pay $75, it is just morally wrong to stand by and watch a house burn down if you have the power to do something about it.
 
JSt0rm said:
This guy fucking pwned the county from the comments

"I am a volunteer firefighter/EMT. My fire department is funded by donations and its own members. I live in a rural area. NONE of us would of ever let someone's house burn down. Our primary oath is to serve the community and protect human life and property. Not only is our country bankrupt, it is letting the almighty dollar ruin basic morals. Whatever happened to the good old days, where whole communities lined up handing buckets to help put out a neighbors fire. Have we lost human touch and care?"
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He pwned nothing. Nothing he posted has any rational or logical thought. Just a bunch of tug at the heart emotionalism.

These smucks didn't want to pay, so they got what happens when you have a fire. I also read they didn't have the house insured?

00 - You lose.
 
Gonad the Barbarian said:
Living in a country where basic emergency services aren't guaranteed for everyone. Conservatives 🙁
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I don't necessarily consider putting out a trailer fire to be a "basic emergency service". The department stated that they would have prevented any person from coming to harm as a result of the fire, whether they had payed the $75 or not. That's the "basic emergency service."

But, for those of us who live in civilization, we pay for this "basic emergency service." Why should those who choose to live outside of civilization be exempt from that? In fact, they even voted to make the fee (and therefore coverage) optional. They could have voted to raise their property taxes by $75/yr to cover it, but they didn't. "My house hasn't burnt down in 20 years, why would it burn down this year?!"
 
I'm going to stop paying the property taxes on my home that fund my local fire department. Surely you'll all be there to whine when the county kicks me out. "Waaaaah! It's immoral to kick someone out of their home just because they wouldn't pay for the fire department!"

You morons are so predictable and stupid.
 
Tobolo said:
As much has I hate to say it, why don't they just add on to the tax bill, electricity bill, water bill.

Even though it is their choice not to pay $75, it is just morally wrong to stand by and watch a house burn down if you have the power to do something about it.
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They didn't add it because the citizens VOTED not to....

Why do you hate democracy??
 
JSt0rm said:
This guy fucking pwned the county from the comments

"I am a volunteer firefighter/EMT. My fire department is funded by donations and its own members. I live in a rural area. NONE of us would of ever let someone's house burn down. Our primary oath is to serve the community and protect human life and property. Not only is our country bankrupt, it is letting the almighty dollar ruin basic morals. Whatever happened to the good old days, where whole communities lined up handing buckets to help put out a neighbors fire. Have we lost human touch and care?"
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I see this guy responding to a fire he's not contractually covered to protect, getting sued by the neighbours or by the victims for damage, injury or death, and the entire volunteer fire department being shut down as a result which leaves everyone worse off.

The fact that many (all?) decisions like this are dictated by what they may cost is a bit depressing but it's also reality.
 
drebo said:
I don't necessarily consider putting out a trailer fire to be a "basic emergency service". The department stated that they would have prevented any person from coming to harm as a result of the fire, whether they had payed the $75 or not. That's the "basic emergency service."

But, for those of us who live in civilization, we pay for this "basic emergency service." Why should those who choose to live outside of civilization be exempt from that? In fact, they even voted to make the fee (and therefore coverage) optional. They could have voted to raise their property taxes by $75/yr to cover it, but they didn't. "My house hasn't burnt down in 20 years, why would it burn down this year?!"
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Why should everyone have to pay $75 more dollars on their property taxes when house values vary wildly and thus so does the exposure to loss from fire? I'm sure this was the result to move/keep the tax burden on lower income types so the wealthy folks could save a nice chunk on their tax bill.

This is real third world country shit. I wish you folks defending it would just find one to move to instead of dragging this country down into one.
 
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It would of been a better story if all the citizens of the trailer park got up and put the fire out themselves as a community.

Even better if then they all said we dont need your fire department we will take care of our own.

I guess thats the point that I took from that mans comments I posted. Why dont we just help each other anymore?
 
yllus said:
I see this guy responding to a fire he's not contractually covered to protect, getting sued by the neighbours or by the victims for damage, injury or death, and the entire volunteer fire department being shut down as a result which leaves everyone worse off.

The fact that many (all?) decisions like this are dictated by what they may cost is a bit depressing but it's also reality.
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I think there are provisions in the law to protect people responding to emergencies. At least in California these laws exist.
 
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