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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Structure fires simply aren’t the threat they used to be. A firefighter today can go literally years without responding to one. And fully staffed fire stations are a very inefficient way to deal with health emergencies.
This is a mom and apple pie issue to much of the public. But in an era when many municipalities in North America are facing bankruptcy, we don’t have the luxury of expensive and outmoded resource allocation models. From the Time magazine article I linked to:
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Is the issue really a name change that we need though? Like any time there are hazardous materials involved, or water rescues or that sort of thing, flooding, and who knows what else the fire department is responsible. It's fine that they're not actually putting out fires a lot of time, but those are obviously needed services.