As others have said, turn it into your ins. company. This is a growing trend up here in Michigan. There are instances of someone else calling 911 for a guy with a hood up and something leaking. The fire dept shows up and then HE gets a bill. One case was for a simple radiator leak. In a rural area where we have property, the township lists the following on its website:
"The amount of Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars shall be due and payable to the Township from a recipient of any of the following enumerated services from those fire departments providing fire protection services and other emergency services within the Township:
A. Grass Fire
B. Rubbish Fire
C. Automobile fire
D. House Fire
E. Commercial establishment fire
F. Industrial or manufacturing establishment fire
G. Multiple-family building fire
H. Hotel or motel fire
I. Aircraft fire
J. Train fire
K. Truck fire
L. Brush fire
M. Emergency rescue service
N. Resuscitator service
O. A second alarm system malfunction and each occurrence thereafter
P. False alarm by the property owner. Jaws of life
R. Gas spill or other hazardous material spill plus an additional charge
of $20.00 per firefighter per hour and $20.00 per truck per hour.
S. Natural gas leak
T. Other services nor specifically enumerated"
Municipalities won't cut their budgets where most of the money goes and that's to retirees and their benefits. People are living longer and longer, retiring earlier and earlier. So, they're looking for creative ways to raise revenue.
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