Deos a city have an obligation to provide fire & police service? What authority?
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Usually the authority to provide police and fire starts with the founding of the city when the state grants a charter to the city.  Read your city charter.  It sets up the departments of the city and the duties of the chief officers.
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My fire department does not charge for legit ems / fire runs   however repeated false alarms (ie. college kids pulling pull stations) will result in a $250 fine.  \n\n\nother than that we are supported 100% by property taxes.
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Why is it not an option. Be come a police officer and become a vol. fireman & paramedic. And god bless you for having such high standars..
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call yur local cops an ask them......
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Whoever request service
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Depends on where you are.  Police are generally local departments governed by local politics.
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Fire:  Fire Department\nCrime:  Police\n\nHurricane:  Police usually.\nFloods:  Fire department (odd isn't it)\nMud Slides:  Police\nForest Fires:  Belive it or not, it is police.\n\nHouse fire:  fire department.\nTornado:  Police, or if your like me, the NWS.\n\nSocial Crisis:  Churches or Counselors.\n\nThat's about all i can think of for now.  THe vast majority of people call the police for any major disaster as they are there to 'protect' us.  However, for some, more criticle issues, fire department is called more often than not.\n\nMOST THOUGH, still just dial 911 and leave it up to the person taking the call LOL
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Just call up the PD and ask them, they will tell you!
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that's horrible that the police wont listen to you! aren't they supposed to be there for us when we are in need. What happens when you are right? they will be sorry.
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Volunteer firefighters can operate red warning lights while responding to emergency calls for service.  Only fire chiefs and assistant fire chiefs can operate sirens in their POV's.\n\nYou can view all NC laws at the North Carolina General Assembly web site.  The reference for volunteer firefighters can be found in Chapter 20.  You will have to search the statutes because I can't remember the exact statute number.
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check with the local authority, the only ones who can give straight answers for you.
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The size of a police force depends on the support of the police in that community.  Taxes pay for police officers.  If the community wants more cops, they will let the mayor and city councel know.  If they feel there are too many cops, they will demand the police budget gets cut.\n\nMany cities constantly feel the budget crunch.  Elected officials decide where money is needed and where it can be cut.  If you want more police coverage make sure you vote for officials who support the police, either with personnel or necessary equipment.
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A STATE CANNOT HAVE ANY LEGITIMATE POWERS UNLESS THEY ARE GIVEN TO IT BY ITS CITIZENS\nIf government officials decide one day that no one should work on Sunday, even assuming the community generally supports their decision, where would they get the authority to use the police power of the state to enforce such a decree? Individual citizens don’t have right to compel their neighbours not to work, so they can’t delegate that right to their government. \nWhere, then, would the state get the authority? The answer is that it would come from itself; it would be self-generated. It would be similar to the divine right of ancient monarchies in which it was assumed that governments represent the power and the will of God – as interpreted by their earthly leaders, of course. \nIn more modern times, most governments don’t even pretend to have God as their authority, they just rely on swat teams and armies, and anyone who objects is eliminated. As that well-known collectivists, Mao Tse-Tung, phrased it: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
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you usuually have to also be a police officer and take classes in fire inspection and fire investigation. what state are you in??
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No, it's not true.  The concept that comes into play is that of "public taking."  Basically, the government can use your property if it is required for the protection of the public.  The government must return use of your property to you when the danger has passed but is not liable for any damage it caused.  And all you can do is watch.\n\nSo the fire department can bust into your house on the theory not that they have the right to save your stuff but they have the right to contain your fire before it spreads to somebody else's stuff.  They're not protecting your house, they're protecting your neighbor from your house.
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Department of Social Services, and in the case of physical abuse... the police.
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Hello:\nBy police power I think you mean the government's right to act to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens.\n\nIf so, I found an article that looks like it is on-point:\n\nHURRICANE KATRINA AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH-BASED ARGUMENT FOR GREATER FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE\n\nBy David L. Feinberg \n\nVirginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law\nSpring 2006\n\n\nAt page 607 it discusses police power relative to natural disasters.\n\nGood luck!