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With our level of inequality, this is coming back. In the last Southern California wildfire, there were reports again of private firefighting groups operating i
by dv_dt 8y ago
With our level of inequality, this is coming back. In the last Southern California wildfire, there were reports again of private firefighting groups operating in the Malibu area.
- marshf 8y agoThese private firefighters are generally contracted to government agencies. This is the same thing the US government or CALFIRE will do during any Type 1 incident. The same as a concert promoter hiring off-duty cops.
- dv_dt 8y agoAh, I understand that happens, but that's not what I was referring to. I was referring to private homeowners and insurance companies hiring firefighters. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-private-firefighters-20181127-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-private-firefig...
- FireBeyond 8y agoCompanies like Rural/Metro, traditionally ambulance/EMS companies, have expanded into private fire, in those places (one notable city is Grants Pass, OR).
- JshWright 8y agoRural/Metro is now American Medial Response (they were acquired and all the operations rebranded).
- FireBeyond 8y agoOh yeah, forgot about that!
- Domenic_S 8y agoThis is a wildly different situation than what the GP was talking about. If you have the means, why wouldn't you hire a private crew? The public crews are there to get the best outcome at a macro level, not to protect your house in particular.
- dv_dt 8y agoIt's not clear to me it is different. You still have a divergence of motivational coordination between public fire teams and private ones. For one a private fire team can force public ones to stay committed to areas by not heeding evacuation orders...