[Thumper1960]

Hmmmmmmmmm.............I wonder.......

I wonder if any of the nozzleheads drum up business by freelancing the initiation of fires.

Yeah, hard to believe. Hose fondlers committing arson. It happens. Too frequently.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I wonder if any of the nozzleheads drum up business by freelancing the initiation of fires.

The system described in the article encourages this type of behavior. Public safety departmental funding needs to be designed such that trying to drum up business isn't profitable. It's like doctors spreading plague.