You are right but brace yourself for frantic whines of people who insist that the time to charge for a fire service is when the fire has already started.
Where I live, my taxes pay for this.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/12/07/9272989-firefighters-let-home-burn-over-75-fee-again?lite
Imagine all over the country, the people who lost their house, or almost lost their house due to fire. How much of the population would actually pay 'donations' to the fire department?
Don't you also love a group of guys walking around and talking about how flammable your property looks...
