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Originally Posted by plastroncafe
This is how Tennessee has decided to lay out their civil services, by privatizing them. Really, it's a Conservative/Libertarian wet dream sort of scenario.
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Not all areas do that in Tennessee. Usually fire districts (and this is the case with this particular district) occur in rural unincorporated areas. The fire department of a nearby incorporated area (city or what have you) takes responsibility for the district. The fee is how these city fire departments pay for the additional wear and tear on their equipment, etc. Some counties allocate the rural property taxes to the fire districts. Some charge fees. Apparently this one charges a fee.
I live in Nashville. We don't have to pay the fee because our property taxes pay for our civil services.......but in these rural areas, they have lower tax rates and have to pay for other services. It's very common in southern rural areas.