What if there were people trapped in the burning house of a non-subscriber? Should the firefighters leave them to die because they didn’t pay?
All the more reason to sell them the house really really cheaply.
There is an ambulance service in Arizona that can charge anyone a set fee for ambulance services, like $900. The city forces people to pay the fee, even if they are unconscious at the time the service is rendered. I understand their logic. If someone is unable to accept service, you should just assume they do. I think it is the rural/metro corporation.
I read a comment on this news article from a supposed firefighter at a volunteer fire department who says if someone does not pay a subscription, but requests fire service, they would charge him a $500.00 fee and bill him later.
If they cannot collect the amount from him, they would then place a lien on his house.
^If mechanic’s liens exist, you can just as easily have a firefighter’s lien, problem solved.
I don’t know how to bump this thread up, but hopefully someone will.
Check out this video. I’m glad to see Glenn Beck has been turning so libertarian lately. Bill O’Reilly clearly doesn’t understand that the man whose house was on fire would have said, “I didn’t want them to put out the fire, though,” if the Fire Department put it out and tried to charge him later. That’s like me running over and cutting someone’s hair off unexpectedly and trying to charge them for a haircut.