I live in Canada!!!!

That is a great idea, giving directly to the firefighters.... however, if you take and donate money and drop it off at a local fire station... there is no guarantee that the funds that you donated will go to the firefighters. .  By county law, funds dropped off at the station, must be submitted to the county.  There is already a budget that pays for the fire fighter's salary and everything else at the station.  By giving to the RPFFA directly, you are assuring, that these funds go without doubt, to fund these surrounding county expenses.  In the eyes of the fire fighters, you are the real hero's in our community.

They are NOT a 501(c)(3) charity and contributions are not tax deductible.  We are on the do not call list and we've probably received 30 calls in the past month, if not more.  I called the number back and was told that my husband had agreed to pay $78 dollars.  They asked for a money order or cashier's check and a mail date.  Ridiculous behavior.  We are on the do not call list!!  Do not give them money.

got this call and no response once redail is pressed...report it!

got this call and I know respond once redail...report it!

I recieved a call from 7047114563. Just a lot of letter x's appeared on the caller i.d. I picked up the phone and didn't say anything, The woman asked for us by name and I still didn't say anything, so she started saying hello in Spanish. Then hung up when I still wouldn't say anything.

Got a call from 7042489016. Its a company asking for money from the Charlotte Fire Department. I asked that they put me on the DO NOT CALL LIST and the guy asked me if the fire department did something to me. I said no I just don't want calls every night. His smart answer was he did not call last night and then told me that they were exempt from the DO NOT CALL LIST.
I know they did not call last night from 7042489016 , they called from 704-927-2275. Guess I need to call my friend Chief Hannan or John at the firemans hall. They would be upset that FIRECo the company begging for money is jerks.

Charlotte Fire Department, your are great but you really need to get rid of Fireco......

called my cell phone at 9:22AM on 6/25/11 and just hung up when I answered...chicken%$#^

yep-me too-im in newton nc-they called last week 704-248-9016 it showed charlotte on caller id and i called back several times to just ringing that goes to some message center full msg. i was beginning to think it was some other woman trying to get a hold of my fiance thru his cell # he's had forever(he says our house # on his vmail)-LoL-damn, now i have to apologize. i researched it-it is a landline thru time warner cable & it's address is close to belmont in charlotte, nc. i refuse to pay $ to get a name so...  guess we gotta deal with these losers playing games on the phone-hoping and praying they call back again-a good ear-full from me!

This number keeps calling my home w/o leaving any message.

Hung up when I answered

Got a call from 704-248-9016 and they hung up when I picked up.

Got a call from 704-248-9016 several times and they hang up when phone is answered....no message left when we weren't here to pick up. Called the number back and it appears to be a fax line.

I just got a call from this guy who wanted to know if I was a business. Weird person. Hang up on them.

Phone rang, no one there when I answered the call.

Just got a call and when I answered they hang up. I call back from a different line and a recording answers: " Thank you for calling the Firefighters association, please leave your name and number and we'll call you back".

No idea if this is legit, or they are trying to scam people.

Why are these scumbags calling Kannapolis numbers?

This number called twice in a row and hung up when I answered. Not very professional. My company cell phone is on the national do not call list. I live in Texas but my work cell phone is out of NC so I would not be interested in donating to an out of state organization in the first place.

that's who it was the charlotte firefighters. they don't need my money from telemarketeers.

Called again from 704-246-9016. They call and hang up. If you call them back, bell ring no answer. If this is Charlotte Firefighters they are calling a Cabarrus County resident and have been advised for 16 years this is a Cabarrus County residance. Freeking idiots!

I have been receiving calls from this number since November!  I also receive them from another Charlotte number:  704-927-2275.  I have ignored them because I knew what they were. And they were so annoying and irritating because it was usually at bedtime or mealtime!  Today I answered at 1 p.m. without checking caller I.D.  It was the 2275 number.  He said they didn't want money just checking to see if the batteries in my smoke detector had been changed.  I assured him they were...he started to ask for money!  I told him I was done and hung up.

This caller calls several times a week over last several months.  Never leaves a message.  Today he refused to identify himself and hung up on me.  When I called the number back, he refused to pick up. Do I call the police?

got a call... answered... no one answered I called back got a busy signal, then called back and no one answered.

Received a call from this number and he said he was checking if the smoke alarm was working since they were incidents in the neighborhood.

Got a call from this number today(not the first time). When the man asked if we could donate something I told him to send me an envelope and I would see what I could do. He said that he would "throw in" tickets to some concert they were having. A second later I got another call from 704-376-8204. The lady said she wanted to confirm that I was giving a donation in addition to the concert tickets I agreed to purchase.....WHAT?!?!? I told her they were being thrown in and I was not paying for anything. She said that by law I had to pay for them. So, after hearing an earful from me about how they are scam artists and speaking to her manager, I was removed from the list and will not be receiving a donation envelope or those stupid tickets!

EVEY EVENING I GET A CALL WHEN I ANSWER THEY WAIT AND THEN HANG UP

After being in contact with the Charlotte FBI offices I've learned that this is a automated system used by scammers to steal credit information. They go under Charlotte Fire Fighters and some other organizations. Report it to them and you might help them track these people down.

I keep getting this call two with nothing but dead air. FYI that AOL address is a spammer phishing.

got a call from this number today and they HU. i called it bk and it just rang and rang for approx 1 min or more b4 i finally HU.

I am the Manager for the firefighter's fundraising office and if you like your phone number removed for the calling please call 704-331-9075 or e-mail your request to firecorob@aol.com

Thank you

PS the Charlotte Fire Fighters have a contract that splits the proceeds 50/50 so your firefighters receive 50%