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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop
This is the thanks they get for trying to stand up to the biggest racket ever.
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"Biggest racket ever". Interesting characterization.
Call Walker to put out your house fire. Or respond to a robbery in progress. Good luck with that.
Fire departments are rated by insurance companies. The training of the department, water sources (fire hydrants, city water pressure, etc), the equipment they own, the number of fire stations, their EMS capability (paramedic vs EMT, etc) - it varies markedly.
You only have 4-6 minutes to live. Hope an Advanced Live Support ambulance with appropriate-trained personnel can get to you by that time.
I always lived in, and worked in, the highest-rated fire and EMS systems. When I moved to Kentucky, I found out I would be paying alot more in insurance, as I don't have that quality here.
And realizing that if I were to have a heart attack and stop breathing, and am very likely to die rather than live due to the half-assed poorly-funded EMS where I live, compared to other areas, is sobering.
It's like school districts - it varies by location and the funding they have. And with taking away the funding, the protection of the public is getting worse and worse. Buyer beware. Oh, and your homeowners and health insurance will go up, too. Insurance companies are not stupid. They know when you are more likely to die, and when your house is likely to burn to the ground.
Governments are welcome to cut funding to all sorts of things, if their citizens want. The trouble is, those "things" are not simply budget line-items, but are living, breathing citizens 99% of the time.
A child in a classroom with 31-32 children, versus the child in a classroom with 26-28 children. Big difference.