Originally Posted By: Blast
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.


So these volunteer firefighters were being asked not only to risk injury but possible financial catastrophe for their families because this turkey didn't pay his $75? I simply cannot take that sort of risk. I sure as hell wouldn't expect the volunteer firefighters to do so.

In most places with subscription fees to fire companies, the homeowner's insurance policy requires that the subscription be kept up to date. This guy may end up owing the bank on his pile of burnt rubble.