Really, you mean if your truck catches on fire, a nearby fire department does not come out. Wow.

A lot of people aren’t aware of this. I served on a VFD. We are legally not allowed to leave our area because our contract is to provide fire protection for the residents of our area. Generally it’s about an 8 kms area. The reason is, while we’re off fighting a fire 20 k down the road, one of the people who paid taxes to have a volunteer department, has their house catch on fire, and we’re nowhere to be found. That said, we were allowed to leave our area if it could be reasonable to construe that by fighting that fire, we would be protecting property within our area – hence a grass fire or something like that. But basically, if you’re more than 8 k from a fire department, you’re on your own – both fore fire and accidents. BC Forest Service is the only entity that fights fire in unprotected areas. Highway rescue does the accidents – and theses are all unpaid volunteers BTW.

And don’t forget if that department responds outside their catchment area they may not be covered b insurance if there is an injury of death incurred by the responder. That is why even if the fire is 10 feet outside their catchment area they cannot fight that fire they are obligated to save buildings and property within their catchment but outside it you are SOL

So a note to those who are looking for a “new truck” courtesy of ICBC. Drive outside a fire protection district, at night, and well lighter up. Due to the extensive damage by the fire, investigating the cause of this type of fire is very difficult. Evidence of foul play is almost completely destroyed in the fire. I for one am not condoning this, nor am I suggesting that the above listed fire is anything other than and accidental fire. Just saying is all.

I suspect that if the truck contained dynamite, gasoline, diesel, propane, etc; they would not allow it to burn.

Soooo. Seems there are some exceptions to the rules. Fact of the matter is, the City or the Volunteer fire departments, or the Provincial Governments, could probably solve this problem. If not then we have a more serious problem.

One day we can land on the Moon, the next day we sit back and watch a truck burn because of Government/Insurance companies red tape.

ICBC should be compelled to issue insurance to cover those instances when a fire department has to leave its area, other areas should be alerted to move into the affected area if necessary.

Whats the chances of another fire happening at the same time. Slim to f all.

We managed to pull off D Day and storm the beaches of Normandy with the biggest flottila the world has ever seen. But we cant stop a fire out of our area. Duhhh.

We can choke to death on red tape in this Country.

Is there any such thing as an actual **Leader** left in this Country??

If so would he please stand up????

“I suspect that if the truck contained dynamite, gasoline, diesel, propane, etc; they would not allow it to burn.
Soooo. Seems there are some exceptions to the rules. “

I suspect that if it contained any of those itms you listed the only thing that would change is how far back the police blocked the highway. So you saying there are exceptions to the rules is pure speculation ;)

Palopu,
Your first sentence made and assumption (is is wrong by the way) (read ski50’s post ) Then in the next sentence you make a statement that is based on the first being gospel. All in order to bitterly critize. Fact is, by the time any fire department got to a burning vehicle in an outlying area, it would be too far gone, nothing left to save. Ever witnessed how fast vehicle burns? You’re all for saving tax money,who isn,t…Here’s a policy that saves tax payer’s dollars AND has the safety of local area tax payers in mind. You are so hell bent on hating policy makers that you bitch and name call constantly no matter what the policy is.
“Whats the chances of another fire happening at the same time. Slim to f all.”
Another assumption, check it out the chance is higher than “f all”. I wonder what you’d say if your house burned to the ground because the fire department was 50km away. My assumption is that you’d say “stupid government, we need a change”. At the same time don’t raise my taxes. Palopu, please run for office, any office, I want my life to be perfect and you’re the only one capable of doing the job.
I know I’m trying to reason with a brick wall here, but holy crap man…. the system ain’t perfect we all know that, but not everyone in government (employee or otherwise) is incompetent and retarded. The reasons for such things may not always be perfect but everything is not always back and white. Just because you don’t understand doesn’t make everyone else an idiot. Think outside your little box once in a while.

I should say here that sometimes your comments have some good reasoning behind them. (when you do you research) BUT, when you post sarcastic crap like this, you don’t do yourself, or this site any favours.

^^^ What Vested said.