When the San Bruno pipeline exploded, why did firefighters from Sonoma go there?

[Duer 157099]

Fire departments from counties FAR, FAR away responded to that fire.

Why?

[SoCalDem]

1. Our poor firefighters spend more time OUT of town, than in

They are always sent elsewhere to help out..but then I live in "fire-country, USA" :(

[mediaman007]

2. They have interagency agreements!

Besides these fire departments are in a progressive area of the country.

Sadly, Tennessee is not.

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. +1 The firefighters serving the area aflame...

... agree to reciprocate.

[TexasObserver]

3. Because that is the tradition of fire fighting.

One that I value.

[Duer 157099]

5. Me too. n/t

[TexasObserver]

8. I recommended this thread and agree with you.

[Duer 157099]

4. Answer: to fight a fire! Or, "it's what they do!"

That's right, it's what they do. Period.

It really shouldn't be so complicated.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Yes, what was in it for them?

Profits? Market share?

I don't think so - Sonoma residents PAID for that "intervention". Do they have no fiscal responsibility to their shareholders taxpayers?

[ManiacJoe]

7. My guess is that they were available to answer the call for help.

If you pull in all the trucks from one area, that area then has no coverage.

[Duer 157099]

13. "Available to answer the call" -- absolutely

Just like those guys who watched the house in Tenn. burn down.

[HuckleB]

9. Free Pizza.

That's all it takes!

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Coffee, and I am there!!!!

:hi:

[Fumesucker]

10. Do firefighters from Obion county help South Fulton city firefighters when they need it?

[WolverineDG]

12. because there are agreements in place for coverage

as well as an enforceable way for those departments to get reimbursed.

What? You thought they responded for free?


dg

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Mutual Aid agreements

but what would I know?

Oh and yes TRADITION...

Finally, though Firefighters hate the actual fires, they LOVE putting them out...

I mean I can appreciate playing around with an expensive toy... and some fire hose!!!!

<--------------- to this day I collect toy fire engines and ambulances, not as intensely as I once did...

They bring NICE memories. Hell, the other day when we went to the Air Show, while hubby was oogling at the F-18, I was slobbering over the new fangled and much lighter Jaws of Life!

[pinboy3niner]

15. Good question!

Why did they go to NYC after 9/11, or to the Gulf after Katrina? For that matter, why do they go to Australia during the off-season to help fight fires there (and Aussie firefighters came here in their off-season)?

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. And don;t forget Canada AND Mexico

Or for that matter katrina.

[jgraz]

16. Because we have something called "modern civilization" out here

It's something that's getting harder and harder to find in this country.

[Ozymanithrax]

18. Becasue fire departments are funded by taxes for the public good.

Give California a chance, Republicans will fuck that up, also.

[demosincebirth]

19. OT

[applegrove]

20. Good question.

[JI7]

21. because California is communist