Truth is, there are too many firemen in most cities now. There are a lot of areas that used to be volunteer, but now have a full force, they have larger staffs and budgets, despite fire risk going down in the past 40 years. They send fire trucks out for minor fender benders in my area to show that they are around. And they do their fill the boots fundraisers to keep a high profile. City’s should do a cost effectiveness study on their current fire protection, but they can’t because the fire fighters will use 9/11. Fire fighting in 2016 is not a overly dangerous job, and should not set up people for life after 20 years on the job.
How many people do you think there should be per shift then? A shift in most places being 24 hours on & 48 off?