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Firefighters let home burn

Started by Faval, Oct 06 2010 07:37 AM

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#26 Osuna

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Posted 06 October 2010 - 06:25 PM

Yeah. Your still wrong.

If you live outside of a city, you have to pay for fire services in the Uk....

Taxes pay for fire services in cities, if you live outside the city, you dont pay taxes.

I have never heard of anyone having to pay a separate "fire service" tax ?? .... Even the most remote and rural places still pay "council tax" which covers emergency services. My Mother lives about 30 miles from nearest "civilization" which includes police and fire stations .... now her council tax is high compared to the same type of property in a city and she was once told that included the additional cost of having to get such services out to her .... but if she did not pay this council tax there is no way the fire service would refuse to attend or put out a fire.

Which areas of the UK are you talking about ? I have to admit I am talking about England and it may well be that way for Scotland

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#27 Cory

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Posted 06 October 2010 - 07:57 PM

You've got to be pretty stupid to forget to pay for something so important, my bet is that he just wanted to save the $75 because he figured it was hugely unlikely that he'd ever need to use their services. Aside from the pets dying I have no sympathy at all that this guy lost his house and belongings.

I bet he will pay the 75 bucks next time. Does suck for the pets though.

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#28 Sweeney

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Posted 06 October 2010 - 10:39 PM

Yeah. Your still wrong.
If you live outside of a city, you have to pay for fire services in the Uk....
Taxes pay for fire services in cities, if you live outside the city, you dont pay taxes.

Care to provide a reference? As far as I know, living in the UK, you're talking nonsense.

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#29 Waser Lave

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Posted 07 October 2010 - 06:38 AM

Yeah. Your still wrong.

If you live outside of a city, you have to pay for fire services in the Uk....

All emergency fire service is free in the UK regardless of where you live, they can charge for other things like moving fat people or getting people out of a lift if it happens regularly but then they charge the property owners rather than the trapped people and I don't think that happens very often at all.