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		jrflowers 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Where did my taxes go? > no fire Trying to think of a place where there is no chance of fire and all I’m coming up with is the moon

cyberpunk 44 days ago [–]

A lot of places (e.g the village i live in) have volunteer fire teams which only really need equipment and training, it’s much cheaper than having a 24/7 paid fire department.

Obviously doesn’t scale to a city.

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