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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Because the number of fires these days are way lower than a few decades ago. So they need to be kept busy doing something.
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Number of fires is one metric to assess the need for fire fighters but the other is time to get to the fire. On a per capita basis since density is increasing firefighters per capita should be dropping but on an absolute basis since square km of fire protected areas is increasing the number of fire fighters required increases regardless of improvements in fire protection.