Same here. That's quite common in rural areas here. Often property taxes via special levies that we vote upon fund the equipment, etc, but the staff volunteers their time. The insurance companies don't like this and charge higher premiums than houses in town with a paid fire department but we're also finding out after 170 houses burned in the forest fire this fall that so called insurance is quite a scam as they are trying to avoid paying the benefits that were supposedly paid for.
On Tuesday, December 28, 2010, Jason Mier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have never, and will never live in an area where the fire department is a > paid service. all the FD's around me are volunteer, except for the village, > which is paid via property taxes, and when the opportunity arises, i do in > fact volunteer my time to the department. any other scheme is by and large, > foolish. > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org >> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:16:45 +1100 >> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Alabama Town's Failed Pension is a >> Warning(NYT-article) >> >> Luckily , in Australia, virtually all the Rural Fire services are staffed by >> volunteers (although there are some paid positions in support areas, Govt >> funded). I live on rural acreage, & some fdunds go to the RFS as donations, >> but there is no compulsion. >> I was really surprised with the claim about US rural FS: Australia has on >> occasions sent brigades from Australia to help fight the big fires in the US >> (& >> the US has reciprocated for Australia on occasions). >> >> The insurance link to fire brigades also happened in Australia in the 1800´s: >> there was a plaque attached to the front of the house proving you had >> insurance. (These are now a collectors item). House insurance now contains a >> levy that helps fund the Urban fire services. AS I stated, Rural Fire >> Services >> are volunteers, with some Govt funding for equipment & overheads. >> >> regards Doug >> >> >> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:53:34 am Erik Lane wrote: >> > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Ivan Menchero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> > > Ivan >> > > PS: I am surprise the have not privatize the fire department in the USA! >> > > so you pay a monthly "insurance' and if you do not pay and there is a >> > > fire in your house you are out of luck! >> > >> > Unfortunately there are at least some fire departments that already do work >> > like that. Here's a story about one that let a house burn, and the outrage >> > over it was slim to none, that I saw. I'm very disappointed in the way >> > things are going. >> > >> > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/ >> > >> > >> > No pay, no spray: Firefighters let home burn Tennessee house in ashes >> > after homeowner 'forgot' to pay $75 fee >> > >> > Below: >> > 1. >> > - x >> > - >> > Jump to video People step up to help Gene Cranick >> > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/#slice-2> >> > - video >> > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/#slice-2> >> > 2. >> > - x Jump to vote Results below >> > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/#slice-3> >> > - vote >> > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/#slice-3> >> > 3. >> > - x Next story in Life Storm, blizzard warnings stretch along >> > Atlantic <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40810424/ns/weather/> >> > - related >> > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/#slice-4> >> > >> > >> > - >> > - >> > >> > Advertisement | ad info <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26613008/> >> > msnbc.com msnbc.com >> > updated 10/6/2010 12:48:23 PM ET 2010-10-06T16:48:23 >> > >> > - Share <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > - Print <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39516346/ns/us_news-life/#> >> > - Font: >> > - + >> > - - >> > >> > Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week >> > because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee. >> > >> > Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions >> > in the Sept. 29 fire, along with three dogs and a cat. >> > >> > "They could have been saved if they had put water on it, but they didn't do >> > it," Cranick told MSNBURL: >> > /pipermail/attachments/20101228/4a792ccc/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
