Part of the issue was that the firefighters' insurance wouldn't cover any injury received while fighting a fire "on their own time" which what putting out the family's house would have been.

And a bit of history, another member of that family had a fire last year which the firmen put out even though the $75 hadn't been paid. The family then expected to get fire service without paying in the future.

I side with Martin on this case. People can say "It just isn't right." Sometimes the greater good means some people suffer.

-Blast