I unfortunately have actually seen a house burn up in a fire. To be honest, I don’t care if it is a mansion or a shack... it is someone’s home and very disturbing to see. If I lived in a community that I had to pay for this service, I would. That being said, I wouldn’t support one volunteer fire service carnival, raffle etc... AND I wouldn’t stop if I saw a fireman on the side of the road and needed help. I would drive right on by and wave. Why? Where’s MY money? Have a flat tire? Too bad. I would have little to no respect for that department. Just a thought.
You would have every right to. If the firefighter is stranded on the side of the road it is because he CHOSE not to pay a small fee to AAA. Of course, now he knows the value of AAA. Even though he never needed it before, now that he is without it the small AAA membership fee would be most valuable. If you feel so badly for this family that CHOSE not to pay a fee to cover possible costs since they paid no city taxes, and then CHOSE to open burn insecurely, send them a check yourself.