On Oct 9, 8:24*am, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:
The 'City' should have an alternative to doing NOTHING.
-example- Don't Pay the $75 Fire Services Fee in the
County : Sign an On-the-Spot for a 1% 'City Lien' on
Your Property.
$100K Property Value =$1K Lien
$250K Property Value =$2.5K Lien

Sends the Message : PAY THE FIRE SERVIES FEE [.]

~ RHF
* .

Most adjacent districts have reciprocal agreements to help each other
out. *No self-respecting fire chief would have done what this jerk did.

- Roy knows better.
- He lives in fire country.
- He's just being a Fisk Hole.

Yes 'Special Dave' I do reside in the "Red {Fire} Zone"
and up here you need to know where your Fire Service
is coming from depending upon where you reside.

1 - Twain Harte FD {Twain Harte Community Services District}
2 - CAL FIRE in Twain Harte {California State Dept Forestry}
3 - Tuolumne County FD [TCFD]
4 - Stanislaus National Forest Fire {US Dept Forestry} [FedFD]
5 + plus many more local Community Services Districts
for Fire Services both Paid and/or Volunteer.

Because Twain Harte FD has a 'Town' Level Fire Dept.
The Fire Insurance Costs* for Residences in Twain Harte
are way less then some areas in the County and Forest
Lands that only have TCFD County and/or National Forest
FedFD Fire Services.
* One Dollar in County Property Taxes for a House in
Twain Harte Saves Two Dollars in Fire Insurance Costs.
Plus the THFD usually responds fast enough that your
whole House does not Burn Down or Your Neighbor's
House Fire does not end-up Burning Down your House
too.
-If- were relied on the Tuolumne County FD it would be
a 10~15~20 Minute wait before the TCFD would be on
the scene; and most likely the House would be totalled.

But all of these FDs have Rules and Procedures that
govern their "Mutual Aid" Agreements : None of the
Community Locals would cross into another County
or Federal Lands without a County Level or CAL FIRE
Request/Authorization.

IIRC - Each and Every of the Community Local's "Mutual
Aid" Responses is reviewed by their FD Boards for proper
procedural compliance. All the Local Officers "Chiefs"
know this and Follow-the-Rules. They do not put their
Men and Equipment AT RISK {and Their Own Job At
Risk} by breaking the rules and not following procedures.

FWIW - Each and Every one of the Mutual Aid Responses
usually requires one to two or more back-up movements
of Men and Equipment to adjust and fill-in for the Mutual
Aid responding Men and Equipment. {Reallocation Limited
Resources etc etc etc}

hey - does anyone smell smoke . . . ~ RHF