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Firefighters Watch Home Burn Over Unpaid $75 Fee

Tavia said:
This is probably pretty much beside the point, but the thing I find most infuriating is that they responded, they came out to his house. That right there cost quite a bit of money, I'm sure. At what point did they check the records to see if he was paid? Coming out there & watching it burn with apparently no intention of stopping it seems even more cruel. Here is everything needed to save your house sitting right there & not being able to use it?
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Actually, they didn't even respond to his call. They waited until a neighbor called (who had paid the fee) to respond. That's when they ended up just sitting there watching his house burn, while keeping an eye on neighboring houses that had paid the fee. It's just plain ridiculous, to me.
 
It's horrible that it happened, but I'm not surprised . . . at all.

We live in a new world of lititgation where everyone HAS to cover their butt. The guy may be able to sue for them not helping in this situation, but I'd bet that if they had responded to the fire, and they screwed something up, he'd be able to sue for that too. :shrugs:

It's the world society has allowed to be created.

D80
 
I found this and thought it should apply!

Fire Fighters Creed!

When I'm called to duty god
wherever flames may rage
give me strength to save a life
whatever be its age

Help me to embrace a little child
before it is too late
or save an older person from
the horror of that fate

Enable me to be alert
to hear the weakest shout
and quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out

I want to fill my calling and
to give the best in me
to guard my neighbour and
protect his property

And if according to your will
I have to lose my life
bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife
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Wayne
 
Every time I think about this story, I feel physically sick. Very rarely do I feel physically sick over something physiological.
 
ShenziSixaxis said:
Every time I think about this story, I feel physically sick. Very rarely do I feel physically sick over something physiological.
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I don't think that's the word you meant to use, but yeah. It makes me sick to my stomach as well. Like I said, normally how this situation works is, you don't just NOT RESPOND if someone's house is on fire with three animals trapped inside, you go and you put out the fire, and bill them for the thousands of dollars it took to dispatch the truck and control the fire. You do NOT stand there watching a man's life burn away. What exactly did the chief of this fire station think was going to happen, PR wise? Did he think this wouldn't get out to the national media?
 
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