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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:24 PM Original message |
Fire Chief Reavis: New plan being considered will reduce fire protection coverage in Obion County. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. k & r. good luck trying to convince the compassionate crowd. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. but county deserves FREE fire service whereas people across the nation pay. nt |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Compassion is for losers |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. compassion is free; pumper trucks cost $600K. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. $600k? I thought they were $75? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. a pumper truck? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. that damn municipal FD trying to find solutions to another counties fire problems |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. had the fire department gone against protocal and PUT OUT THE FIRE |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. they put out fires for free for 20 years. and more than half the folks in the county never paid |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And what do they do the next time? |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I think the Queens, NY fire department holds some responsibility in this too, don't you? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. If they had done what you say, no one would have known.. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Not quite. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. important points. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
52. They'd already been on the losing end of that proposition one time too many nt |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
62. No.... then there would have been no story and no |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. "He isn't heartles" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. This isn't the South Fulton fire chief, shows how much your uninformed comments are worth. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Spare us the wisecracks -this statement is representative of the guy's nature: |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. "their life wouldn't be worth much" -- oh, real-ly? is that a threat? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Don't bother with poster - |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. good to hear, thanks. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Nope, it's a statement of fact about what would likely happen around here |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. there is only 1 paid firefighter in south fulton's fire dept per news reports. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Note that this isn't the South Fulton chief: this is the Hornbeak chief, speaking in |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Good job. He could not of explained it any clearer. |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Fire "Chief Reavis" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. um, tell it to the county. the fire chief of hornbeak CITY has no authority to levy taxes on |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I am astounded at how many people fail to understand very simple concepts.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. i think they must be city slickers. concept of separate city/county jurisdictions |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I'm not sure about that.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. could be. i tend to assume the best of people. :>) |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You know what they say about assumptions... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. i never got that. cause a person assumes. they are the wrong one. i didnt do anything so why am i |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. You are assuming they are reading the factual posts and then ignoring the facts. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Eh, I've gone back and forth over dozens of posts with enough people by now.. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Chief Reavis agrees with you. |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. edit: oops duplicate |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. I am now convinced this subject has outdone the great cheese sandwich war n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. lol, someone compared it to susan boyle thread. though i didnt partiipate in either |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Thankfully I never saw the cheese threads.. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. 84... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. nu uh. you added a couple numbers cause you thought you missed some |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Nope. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. wink. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. actually, i appreciate your count. i thought i was obsessing. but i have only been in 6, 7 |
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IMATB (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. Who puts out the fire |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. I will from here on in call Obion County.......Ayn Rand County |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. good way to put it. maybe some of the posters here calling the city libertarian |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's bizarre when you remember |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
49. I'm not blaming the Fire Department, i blame the system put in place |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. I agree about the villification of the FD |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
51. Because many here feel they should put out the fires out of the goodness of their hearts |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. It's the way the story was framed, I think. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. yep. the chief that spoke today said even his dept had got hundreds of emails, |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I think this was one of the most interesting topics to come along here in a while.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. did we disagree? my major problem with that story was the folks who claimed the school was a nest |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I thought it was creepy.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. i don;t doubt the school may have spied on individual kids for various reasons -- or on faculty. |
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Yeshuah Ben Joseph (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
55. This guy must be spelling his own name wrong. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. He wasn't there. He's another fire chief working under that same insane system. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-08-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. i was speculating that the earlier fire at the kid's house might have had similar causes. |
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