Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean...
by Xylakant on Saturday September 03, 2016 @06:16AM
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Assuming no fault is something you want in a lot of places. For example the general rule for all emergency services (that is police, fire brigade etc.) is that unless you deliberately place a fake call, you're generally not held liable. The reasoning is that all emergency services would prefer to be notified earlier rather than later (for example for smoke rather than a full blown fire) and holding the caller liable for false alarms provides a strong incentive against that. So all in all, false alarms are considered something that the community/society needs to bear in return for peoples willingness to help/notify.
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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean...
by 7402 on Sunday September 04, 2016 @12:32AM
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Although (in the US), many cities will bill you for ambulance service. If things work out ideally, your insurance will then pay the ambulance fee.
There are also cities that charge fees for sending fire trucks to vehicle fires and accidents if non-residents are involved.