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Originally Posted by gustavo
IIRC, I remember a year or so ago there was a community in a mid Atlantic state that had voluntary participation in the fire dept. One of the houses that did not contribute was on fire and the trucks got there and it was determined they were not part of the "insured" group and they let the house burn. Later one of the officials commented that if they had saved the house then it would disincentivize the participants to pony up the cash to pay for the dept, as everyone would know they could get service in an emergency.
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We lived one place for a while that also had a "subscription" fire depatment. It was a requirement of the homeowners' insurance to have coverage, and the lender, but anyway... It was well known that if a house was on fire that wasn't a subscriber, the fire dept still put out the fire, but the homeowner was billed at a very high $/person-hour, and it was attached as a lien if not paid.
I suspect that the scenario psoted above is urban legend.
Not to get too far from the topic, as some one else mentioned, I doubt anyone would not be helped with the AED if the need was there, the 911 folks and local responders don't know who contributed...nor do they care.