http://www.statter911.com/2016/02/02/study-says-new-york-volunteers-are-a-3-billion-dollar-bargain/
link to the study is at the very top I would say that the 33 page report is highly theoretical The core of the report is how they determine the required number of paid FFs - I am not sure if they fully explain their calculations - it might be partially based on the ability to pay Note - no mention of turnout time - no mention of combination FDs nor student firefighters - no mention of pagers - no mention of true need or effectiveness - no mention of smoke detectors, alarm systems, or sprinkler systems Note - $5M wont really be needed to pay for existing stations and rigs - taxpayers already paid for them (one way or the other - no one else paid for them - Trump didnt pay for them - Cruz didnt pay for them - Clinton didnt pay for them - Sanders didnt pay for them) Maybe it would be a good idea to do a calculation based on ISO ratings. Calculate the required number of paid firefighters to cover all urban and suburban areas at ISO Class 4 - and all other areas at ISO Class 9. Then you could calculate how much property losses should drop. Maybe you could do a calculation that shows a sweet spot where the increase of FD costs meets the decrease in property losses. (Of course we are ignoring loss of life in this calculation). Or just do a calculation based on those NFPA 1720? numbers - 12 city FFs in 9 minutes - 12 suburban FFs in 12 minutes 85% of time - or whatever those numbers were - that could be interesting -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
