This just makes me sick!

[rebelcowboysnb]

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discrimination suits an a what amounts to a road crash dont have anything to do with being a firemen or doing the job

 

[country lady]

There's an awful lot of conjecture on this thread.

 

[chickened]

I agree that the guy did not pay but punishing him by letting his house burn? Why call yourself a fire fighter? The moral thing to do would be to put it out and bill hiom not turn this into a 3rd world country mob rule where you pay the mob for protection. Not everyone in the U.S. pays taxes should we hunt them down tattoo them with a number so the police will not help them? It just seems wrong on the part of the FD. The people say they forgot to pay and did pay in previous years. Ask yourself the same question if it was your house burning. I still think the owner is to blame for not paying but shame on the FD.



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http://blogs.findlaw.com/injured/2011/06/can-you-sue-a-paramedic-firefighter.html

But they DON'T pay through their taxes. The citizens of the town pay through their property taxes. Extending outside that area is an option that county residents can CHOOSE to pay for.

It was posted above by spook. The citizens were given the option to have the fee added to their taxes and voted no. The current rule has been in effect for 11 years.

So your scenario of not providing a service they paid for STILL doesn't fit. The people thought that saving $75 was great until their home burnt to the ground. NOW they think that it's unfair?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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But they DON'T pay through their taxes. The citizens of the town pay through their property taxes. Extending outside that area is an option that county residents can CHOOSE to pay for.

It was posted above by spook. The citizens were given the option to have the fee added to their taxes and voted no. The current rule has been in effect for 11 years.

So your scenario of not providing a service they paid for STILL doesn't fit. The people thought that saving $75 was great until their home burnt to the ground. NOW they think that it's unfair?


Shame on the fire department? For responding city equipment outside of the city that it belongs an taking time away from there family's to make sure someone outside there city is ok.

Now a city an its firemen are the mob cause they checked to make sure everyone was ok in a fire that was non of there concern to begin with..

Again, they had every right to roll over an go back to sleep.

 

[chickened]

Seems this is not the first time and Iaff agrees with me.

My wifes uncle was a Batallion Chief for the city of Vancouver and he said they would never get away with such a thing, there would be heads rolling if this were done policy or no policy. Firemen put out fires... period.



http://www.firehouse.com/news/top-headlines/iaff-condemns-tenn-depts-decision-not-fight-fire

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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You know that the IAFF is a union of payed firemen that throws you out if you dont pay you dues......

It takes money to fight fires. IAFF has never wanted for money.

 

[chickened]

Firefighter Oath of Office

I __________________ do solemnly swear to do my duty as a Firefighter for the City of _______ to the best of my ability; to serve my commanding officers with respect and dignity; to serve the citizens of the City of ________ with compassion, courage and integrity; and to uphold the laws and constitutions of the United States of America, the State of _Tennesee and the City of _______; so help me God.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_firefighters_oath_of_office#ixzz1g65IEZ5o

I find this whole idea of not lending a hand to those in need real similar to not helping someone who is hanging on a cliff because he did not heed the warning signs.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

From the comments of the IAFF article.

This incident happened in my neighboring town of South Fulton. My dept does not have a subscription as of yet, however our county commission will vote on Oct. 18th to put in place a county wide subscription so unfortunately this will happen again.The chiefs of Obion County have worked for 4 years to offer the county a proposal of a fire tax or just fund the 8 municipality fire departments a mere $360,000 to provide ALL residence of the county fire protection, however the current county commission refuses to force a tax upon our citizens.

Now a word about Mr Cranick, he was sent 3 letters reminding him of his fire dues, after that they called him 3 times and each time he said he would come and pay tomorrow, after the third phone call the dept dropped his name off the list.

The fact of starting a fire in burn barrel when we have not seen rain in two months is not that smart anyways, it then spread to a shed and after 30 minutes of trying to put out the shed he finally calls 911 knowing quite well they failed to pay for the subscription.

The FD did respond after a paying neighbor called that the fire was spreading toward their house and they responded and extinguished the grass fire and then returned to quarters. They did not stand there and watch it burn.

Three hours after the fire the son goes to the fire station begins to punch the fire chief while his wife and young son look on. The chief had to go to the hospital and have surgery and Mr. Cranicks son arrested for felony aggravated assault.

This fire dept depends on the subscriptions to keep the fire equipment in service. Ironically this subscription was set up 20 years ago because someones house just outside the city limits burned and they wanted to provide some type of service to those residence so the subscription service was started. City taxpayers were concerned that if a truck was wrecked paid for by city taxpayers they would see a decrease in their level of protection and would have to flip the bill for a new pumper.

Now most firefighters in Obion County are taking a beating and getting hate emails and being condemned by agency's like the IAFF before getting all the facts.

Our Response

He did apparently have an pay his insurance.​

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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Thats a cute quote but no no volunteer I have ever met had to say any oath. But assuming they did what part of that oath did they fail to do for there city they "work" for?

 

[chickened]

I agree the dude did not pay but 2 wrongs do not make it right. Or am I missing something? it is called shared responsibility. This is not something trivial like not paying your electric bill on time and shutting off your power which is how the FD apparently viewed this not to mention the fact that 3 animals died in the house that may or may not have been saved.