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You should see the fire engines in mountain towns. They look like monster trucks.

• chrisseaton 8y ago
  Does each town fund and buy their own? Maybe that leads to more pride and respect for the equipment.
  • cascom 8y ago
    yes - in many American small towns there is a what's often called a fire district that levies a small tax (often a property tax)that funds the fire department (which typically a volunteer force)
  • jay-anderson 8y ago
    I'm not sure about local funding (I think there's a certain amount of state and county funding as well). I'm sure that differs for each one. They also often staff the fire department with local volunteers. I have a couple uncles that did this for years in a very small town (~600 people). The fire department was mostly used for preventing/stopping wildfires in the surrounding area (which occur fairly often). When I've visited in the past they would give us tours. They had mostly military vehicles which could make it over the terrain (the gama goat was pretty interesting) and a regular engine (which I believe was a hand-me-down from another city). They were proud of what they were doing there to help protect the community.