Opinion = yes
Were they correct in billing the homeowners?
Opinion = yes
Should they get paid?
Opinion = yes
Will they get paid?
Probably not.
Opinion = yes
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If you wreck your car and you didn't have insurance, would you expect your body shop to repair it for free? Then why do you expect the FD to fight the fire for free?
> Should they have fought the fire?
Opinion = yes
Were they correct in billing the homeowners?
Opinion = yes
Should they get paid?
Opinion = yes
Will they get paid?
Probably not.
You forgot one important question. Should the amount for the services be $20K? I’d really like to see a breakdown of those charges to see how much each breath from those firefighter masks cost while they were “fighting” the fire.../s