That was my whole point. Why call out a truck if there's no hazardous fluids or threat of fire? It's expensive to dispatch a 50,000 pound rig.
And there's a thingy on the back of cop cars called a "trunk". You can fit a broom and dust pan into one of these things.
I'm a block from a fire station, so it costs 'em a buck fifty to send a fire truck over here.
The trunk in that cop car is already chock full of stuff. Well, I don't specifically know about TPD (I've never had occasion to look in a TPD car's trunk), but the Arkansas State Police couldn't fit an overnight bag in the trunk of a Crown Vic with all the stuff they're required to carry. Firearms, extra ammo, tire chains, fluids for the car (ATF makes a great fire starter!), body armor, riot gear, the list goes on. God help them if they have to get at the spare tire. It takes an hour just to get all the junk out of the trunk. How they manage with the Chargers they have now, I'll never figure out.
Besides, the police officer(s) is/are too busy arresting the drunk or listening to the yelling or whatever may be the case.
Regardless, if some dumbass drives his or her car into another car or a tree or whatever, I've got no problem billing them for a couple hundred bucks to clean up the mess they leave. In fact, I strongly prefer that to leaving their debris everywhere. At least in this case it literally is a bill for services rendered.
My insurance couldn't get much cheaper, despite having limits sufficient to pay for a 30 car pileup, so I can't get upset from that angle, either.
I will admit it was excessive to have two fire trucks and four police cars in front of my house when some drunk hit a car parked across the street. One fire truck and two police cars would have been perfectly sufficient. You're not going to convince me that it's not a good idea to have people trained in first aid available at a crash, though. They often can't know whether or not they're actually needed until they arrive and assess the situation.
..and that was a nice ramble..