re: Fire fighting needs to be rethunk

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f we just look at the 346,150 at an average base salary of $50k....not including medical, pension, and other expenses

346k X 50k = at least 17.3 billion vs 7 billion in damage.

Seems like they are just paramedics, we don't need an engine and full crew at each location. Just a couple guys who respond in an ambulance and if a structure is on fire they just evacuate and call a main fire crew. So it takes an extra 15 mins for them to get there, smoke damage, soot, etc ruins everything anyway.

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This math is hokey as frick. You're looking at damages incurred, not damages avoided.

Also completely ignores the other benefits that they provide, like saving people from fires.