Firstly, Band a lot is a dick.
I have been in the situation at a SE Asian port where we had a fire warning on engine start.
As it happens it was just a starter failure but I called ATC for immediate fire crew assistance.
After the problem was sorted and we were towed to a remote gate we asked about the fire crew - they never turned up at all!
The Captain has responsiblity once on board but works with others to do what appears correct at the time.
Non pilots on this forum so often get it arse about.
Aerialperspective, in your rude Captain: " let them send the containers on Thai", what was the FOD at the other end?
Perhaps they needed the extra fuel more than dead weight "standby cargo".