Firefighters Stand by and Watch House Burn!

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This just amazes me. I understand that the fire department in rural areas need help to run their facilities, but to just not come out to a fire until the neighbor calls and then to just stand their and a let a families home burn. On top of that the house in flames poses a risk to the surrounding area. Especially in rural areas with lots of trees and brush. You would think that they would've responded to the fire for the sole purpose of keeping the fire from spreading, at the very least! I am sure that there are other ways that the community can keep the fire department running without a $75 fee just so they will actually respond to your call and come try to put out your house.

The news said that the firefighters were just following the law and that by law they couldn't respond to the phone call because the family didn't pay his fee. This is such bullshit. I couldn't live with myself if I were a fire fighter and I knew that a families home was burning at that moment and I was just sitting there, I'd have so much guilt even if I was following orders.

I myself live out of town, and am surrounded by tress and brush and I can't imagine having to pay a fee for them to have to go out of town to put out a fire. I mean what happens when the trees across the street catch fire and aren't on any ones property, am I at risk because if I call and didn't pay my fee they wont come out? NO! When a fire hits around here it is put out as fast as they can get out there and put it out.

There are other ways to fund a fire department, and the fact that these people had to watch their home burn and that this inst the first time that this has happened with these conditions is absurd! One of my biggest fears is actually to loose all of mine, and my kids things in a fire and the fact that this happened really pisses me off.

Well I know I'm going on and on, unfortunately I can un-burn the families home, but this is just so sad and something needs to be done, so that this doesn't happen to anyone else.