Why persons have to pay the fire department?

It's not abusive at all to be honest. This guy didn't pay what could be considered as taxes, in this case was insurance. The town needs to be able to pay for services that are provided, and the only way for this to happen is for the people living in the town to pay for it themselves. They require the services, so they should pay. If you go to a store to buy something, you don't get it for free, you have to pay for it, this is no different than that. He claims that he forgot to pay it this year. I don't believe it. This is an important fee that can't be overlooked like he did. He was foolish and he paid dearly for his stupidity.

Not all communities have fire departments. In a few they have a private fire department and you pay a yearly fee to receive their services. It would be like hiring a private security firm to watch your house. If they see someone trying to break into your house they take action but if they see someone trying to break into your neighbors house , who did not hire them, they do nothing. This guy decided not to pay for fire protection he did not receive the protection. You can be sure that anyone else that did not purchase the protection did so the next day. Think about this if the fire department did put out the fire and then send him a bill and he refused to pay the company could not sue him in court because they performed the service with out a contract. It would be like you neighbor hiring a lawn service and the guy deciding to mow your lawn too because it needed to be mowed. You would not pay them just because they mowed it before you could do it. This person took a gamble and lost. I used to sell insurance and I had people who would not buy insurance to cover their house in case of a fire. When they had a fire they they would beg the community to help replace it and the community would hold a fund raiser to help the poor family. The family had a chance to buy protection but choose not to.

It depends on where you are and how they work. We pay taxes that cover these services, you still may be billed but they will always arrive.

I'm not sure exactly how it works here. I always thought it was free in canada. By free I mean that our taxes go towards this service. Many people have insurance but this is just to cover the costs of items destroyed in the fire.

I don't really understand why they would let the home burned down to the ground. I thought that when you pay your city taxes that it cover the fire department, as well. I am totally My heart goes out to the family. Snowy