chemical-licker Posted January 31, 2010 #1 Share Posted January 31, 2010 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Spanish-Firefighters-Clash-With-Police-During-Anti-Privatisation-Protest/Video/201001415538710?lpos=World+News_1&lid=VIDEO_2177931_Spanish+Firemen+Fight+Police&videoCategory=World+News The world is getting more stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hill Posted January 31, 2010 #2 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Privatizing the fire service? scary. Can you imagine charging for a putting out a fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star of the Sea Posted January 31, 2010 #3 Share Posted January 31, 2010 That sums up what a crazy world we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted January 31, 2010 #4 Share Posted January 31, 2010 The fire service started out that way. It was the insurance companies that hired the firefighters to cover only the homes and businesses that were covered by the insurance company. Over time money was found to be able to cover the rest of the citizens, but that was by means of a tax; something people are not willing to pay anymore. The last station I worked at was so broke that items were being used long after they should have been retired...vehicles used past the point they were no longer dependable, benefits and pay cut to the point that an entire town had to depend on volunteers to be able to make up an engine crew; if the volunteers were working or could not make it to a call there were not enough full time employees to make up an entire crew... The town had increased 5 times in population since the last increase to the fire department...no one was willing to pay a couple extra bucks a year to have a department that worked for the size of the community...so people risked having their homes burn down and risked long run times for things like heart attacks and car crashes...stuff that happened every day. But hey, they saved 2 bucks on their homeowners taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielost Posted January 31, 2010 #5 Share Posted January 31, 2010 (edited) The fire service started out that way. It was the insurance companies that hired the firefighters to cover only the homes and businesses that were covered by the insurance company. Over time money was found to be able to cover the rest of the citizens, but that was by means of a tax; something people are not willing to pay anymore. The last station I worked at was so broke that items were being used long after they should have been retired...vehicles used past the point they were no longer dependable, benefits and pay cut to the point that an entire town had to depend on volunteers to be able to make up an engine crew; if the volunteers were working or could not make it to a call there were not enough full time employees to make up an entire crew... The town had increased 5 times in population since the last increase to the fire department...no one was willing to pay a couple extra bucks a year to have a department that worked for the size of the community...so people risked having their homes burn down and risked long run times for things like heart attacks and car crashes...stuff that happened every day. But hey, they saved 2 bucks on their homeowners taxes. so maybe the city should have cut back on other things to get the fire service up to date. like the pay raises to the mayor and council. Edited January 31, 2010 by danielost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conspiracybeliever Posted February 1, 2010 #6 Share Posted February 1, 2010 All of our smaller towns around my area have volunteer fire services and people donate to them. Taht video is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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