The Associated Press
OBION, Tenn. — A volunteer firefighter in Tennessee says his department is getting ugly threats after a different department in the area allowed a home to burn down because the owner had not paid a fire protection fee.
Randy Evans said callers to the Obion Fire Department — which serves the city of Obion — have threatened to burn the fire station and harm firefighters. The department took down its Facebook page because it was overwhelmed with hateful messages, according to WPSD-TV in Paducah, Ky. (http://bit.ly/uumB3Y).
The anger was spurred by a policy of the Obion County Fire Department, which prevents firefighters from dousing a fire if the homeowner has not paid the fee. Evans says it’s time to find a better answer to fire service funding than the “pay for spray” policy.