Some of you may have heard about South Fulton, TN. Its city-funded fire department provides services to city residents and provides services to Obion county residents who pay subscription fee.

This set up is common in rural areas where the outlying municipalities can't afford to fund a fire department. If a non-subscription paying county resident calls the fire department, the fire department will respond to make sure no human life is in danger. Then they let the house burn. [[If the neighbor is a subscription paying resident, the fire department will protect the neighbor's house from the fire spreading).

Detroit should do something similar. If a condemned house [[or some other criteria, like delinquent property taxes?) structure is on fire, other than saving human life and protecting non-condemned structures, the DFD should let the structure burn. Thoughts?