Firefighters refuse to put out fire

Firefighters in Tennessee allowed a home to burn to the ground since the home was outside of city limits and the homeowners didn't pay a $75 fee.

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[FSDeputy81]

That's unacceptable. It's bad enough that they refused to help those people because of the lack of payment. But then to hang around and watch their house burn is just a smack in their face. They should be ashamed of themselves. If there was a legitimate concern about the fire spreading to a neighbors house who had paid, address the root of the problem. No fire, no cause for concern. It can't spread if you stop it where it started. The money could've been dealt with later on after the jobs done.

[bowdownx3]

@towely stfu bitch trying to sound educated, youre stupid ass shit, so if someone walks into the ER literally about to die, you wont help them because they cant pay? and if someone was still trapped inside the house ? fuck it, they didnt pay right..smh

[jayay35]

Another thing, VFD's don't have the $ and support of the city and/or county. They rely on the fees charged and any donations made. We could look at this in a different light, you can have the option to forgo the $75 fee and just pay the VFD for fuel costs, a commensurate salary to city FD's and then vehicle maintenance. When you look at it that way, the folks who pay a meager fee of $75 have it made. Growing up I said " thats not fair", mother would come around the corner "lifes not fair"

[towely]

@CystalFlamez As for paying after we come, right, because a fire dept. can operate only on a post-bill policy. If that were the case we would charge people tens of thousands of dollars per fire call to maintain our readiness. Fire protection is an insurance of sorts. You pay into a common collective w/ others for combined coverage. That's how insurance works. I understand the emotion you feel towards this situation but emotion doesn't create solutions, logic does.

[towely]

@CystalFlamez They don't have a "right." They have a job to do. That job includes very clear guidelines. You are NOT to enter a residence and fight a fire that you don't have jurisdiction over. As for "rights," you also don't have a right to fire protection. It is a service that you pay for. This household opted out of it. No pay, no protection. They knew the gamble they were taking... I am paid to provide services for those under my zone of control, that is IT.

[towely]

@CystalFlamez cont: for someone elses stuff. We get hurt in that situation or killed, our family gets NOTHING. We fight fires and go on runs on a daily basis. We start cutting corners and sooner or later we will get burned. We are professionals and we do everything by the book. Freelancing gets people killed. In your little world maybe everyone gets everything they want and all is well but in the real world protocol and law must be followed.

[towely]

@CystalFlamez This is how it is and has been done. Too poor to pay a 75 dollar tax but yet they own the place? Then it is their fault for poor management. If you want fires to be fought as a form of welfare then go buy gear and start fighting them. Stop being a hypocrite. My own house is covered. I pay my taxes which include payments for fire protection. We don't just do the job for the money but we aren't going to put our entire families well being on the line...

[CystalFlamez]

@towely Also with people like you, the world will be corrupt. if you're supporting them firefighters, are you also going to stand and watch someone's home burn down? what if it's your own? have you put yourself in their shoes? what if you're too poor to pay for the tax? all you are is a disgrace. Besides if they only do this "firefighting" job for the money, why stand there? Leave and put out other houses, all they are doing is wasting resources. Now go home and reflect on your mistakes

[CystalFlamez]

@towely Honestly why call people pathetic? you're saying that just because someone didn't pay a fee of $75 the "fire fighters" have the right to watch their house burn down? if they don't like it, don't put the fire out, i guess people ain't committed to the job, why do it? Sure it costs money to run a service like firefighting, but come on, $75? you got to earn the money, and what i mean by that is like all other jobs. you are paid to put out fires so before you get paid, you got to do your job

[lokita616]

.Okay i understand that they didnt pay and shitt buht wtf right after they saved there neighbors house they sit there and watch the other house burn ! That's just a group of ass holes, they could have simply left instead of sitting there and watching there fucken house burn SMDH !

[slammedtegDTR]

FUCK THEM FIRE FIGHTERS HOPE THEIR FIRE HOUSE BURNS DOWN!!!

[towely]

@bowdownx3 cont: You will get educated on the facts of firefighting quick. We don't operate a welfare program, we offer a service to paying customers. If you don't like it feel free to buy some hose, rig up a truck and go around doing it for us. No one is stopping you. We aren't superheroes and anyone that acts like they are in our line of work isn't going to live long. What keeps us alive is training and being smarter than... well... people like you.