From: "Gary Britt" 

Volunteer Fire Department's are an effective form of fire protection for
many communities and qualifies as a method of providing this service.  Its
outsourced as you were speaking about earlier.

Gary

"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
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> It's true even today where I work (an hour north of New York City). Many
> towns around here only have a volunteer fire department, a fact that blew
me
> away upon my arrival here, given the number of multi-million dollar
mansions
> that are relying on Uncle Joe to leave home and come to the rescue if a
fire
> starts. The response times must be awful.
>
> On this topic a darkly amusing observation is the apparently non-trivial
> correlation between rural arsonists and volunteer firefighters. Something
> about wanting to be a hero I guess ..
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:43bc3d3d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> > You might want to think on that a little Gary. The Fire and Emergency
care
> > are more recent additions to government and definitely do not date back
to
> > the founding of the United States.
>
>

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