[an amused spectator]

You want the firefighters to REMIND you? and check on you?

I agree with the sentiment, up to a point.

Try building a visible structure on "your" property without bothering to get "permission" from your local government and see how fast a swarm of officialdom shows up...

[newzjunkey]

You miss that those departments, different from the fire dept., are revenue generating bureaucrats with no other purpose.