Inflammable Means Flammable? What is this country?

Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground

OBION COUNTY, Tenn. - Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what happened to a local family tonight.
A local neighborhood is furious after firefighters watched as an Obion County, Tennessee, home burned to the ground.

The homeowner, Gene Cranick, said he offered to pay whatever it would take for firefighters to put out the flames, but was told it was too late.  They wouldn't do anything to stop his house from burning.
Each year, Obion County residents must pay $75 if they want fire protection from the city of South Fulton.  But the Cranicks did not pay.

The mayor said if homeowners don't pay, they're out of luck.

This reminds me of how in the Philippines, when there is a fire the Fire Department will send trucks and stuff, but they arrive to the scene the firemen will say that they are out of water. This is why whenever there is a fire, the first thing people will do is to get wads of money to give to the firemen, since if the firemen have money then they'll decide that they're not out of water.

The Chinese Volunteer Firemen try to beat the Fire Department to the scene and try to get there first, but when the Fire Department guys are on the scene first they block the way of the Chinese Volunteers. The Chinese Volunteers can't do anything when this happens, because if they do the right thing and try put the fire out, they're afraid that the firemen from the Fire Department will come after them and do reprisals by beating them up (or killing them) or something.

This is what my mom tells me though. I don't want to find out first hand.


I am glad the Philippines follows the American model. :)