2010-10-09, 06:32 AM
Fiel Wrote:ok, just thought I'd add some information here about this story since the video in the OP doesn't cover everything:
- The property owner (PO) was aware that he did not pay the tax.
- The PO was called by the fire station that they had not received his $75 and that he would not be covered because of this.
- The PO was sent a letter stating that he was not protected.
This was why the words "He forgot to pay" stumped me. Companies become pretty anal when bills aren't paid on time.
- The PO is not located in the same county as the fire service provider. The PO is located in southern Kentucky, the fire service provider is in northern Tennessee.
- OSHA requirements state that if a firefighter enters a building his fire station does not have provincial or contractual reason to service and should the firefighter get injured, Workers Comp can deny his disability claim. He can, however, enter a building to save human lives if it's outside his contractual obligations and may reasonably attend to the fire but only as needed to save lives.
- Every year for the past 20 years, the PO's county has voted against having an additional tax for 100% fire protection. They instead voted for an opt-in service. The county does not have a local fire service provider.
- A fire station cannot levy a fine or place a lien on a house outside of its province, country, district, or state. Since the city was located across state lines, the fire department has no control over the ability to assess or levy fines to recoup the cost to put out the fire. An on-the-spot house assessment is simply not possible.
- Firefighters fighting fires outside of their contractual obligations goes outside of the insurance the fire station purchases for their employees. To fight fires they are not contractually supposed to raises their own insurance rates and their claim, should something go wrong when outside of contractual obligations, could be denied.
The red part .. really sucks. Not much more to say but .. damn. =\