It astounds me how we expect volunteer fire departments to come a running in the middle of the night when we wake up and smell something burning inside the house, yet we don’t want to pay a penny for the service. It seems much of Warren County is perfectly happy to live on fire coverage welfare, hoping the next guy will foot the bill.Folks, these men and women of our rural fire departments are volunteers, yet they have to do fundraisers and come up with novel ways to make money to keep their trucks running and their gear updated so they can help the public. What’s wrong with this picture?