dronestar writes:
"Denying a fire truck for an emergency fire call while taking revenue from "fire insurance" = higher profit." What? I tried reading this three times for maximum/ANY comprehension. Are you stating in the real world that a fire department has actually made a profit on FIRE-INSURANCE? Really? When has that EVER happened?
Actually, yes that did happen and happen quite often and was a major driving force in the development of the modern fire department concept.
In the early days of "Fire Insurance" the Insurance companies paid fire 'companies' to respond to a fire in one of their insured clients. Each company had a "Fire Mark" that would be displayed on the building identifying the Insurance Company.
The Fire Companies only got paid by the Insurance Company when they responded and made a successful effort to minimize the structural damage to the property. It was quite profitable and there were even incidents of rival Fire Companies getting in fights on the way to the blaze resulting in no one getting there.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!