(December 15, 2022 at 4:39 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: It sounds like it wasn't the firefighter's decision, but a city decision. If you aren't in city limits, and haven't paid the fee, they don't come out, period. If the firefighters had come, they probably would've been fired.
I wasn't saying it was a firefighter's decision. I'm saying that the policy itself is stupid. Granted that this happened in a rural area, what happens if it's in an urban area and other buildings get involved? And what 911 operator has that sort of authority anyway?
What if this had started a wildfire that ended up costing the county millions to put out? Where's that $75 now? No, you roll on it because no one knows what will arise from it. Dumb decision.