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Originally Posted by huntsolo1
"My department, and every other one in my the county, bills for that type of call.
The home owner that caused the call should pay.
The other taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for a someone else's negligence."
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Well, maybe they do in your county, in Calgary, they don't. It is a slippery slope as someone else stated, you don't want people not calling...If you get in a car accident should you pay for the fire response? I'm thinking not...just my opinion...the daily portion of your taxes that actually go towards fire response is pennies...I'll gladly pay it if it means my loved ones and family are taken care of.
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Again, it's not about not calling in an actual emergency, it's about a system calling automatically on false alarms.
If you are in a car accident, your insurance covers it.
If you have a house fire, your insurance covers it.
If you are caught activating a pull station when there is no fire you could and should face charges.
It's should be no different if you have implemented a system that dispatches fire automatically on false alarms.