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Check out this chart: http://marginalrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/What-Firefighters-Do.png http://marginalrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Wha... There may even be a happy middle-ground with regards to firefighters. In eastern King County, they don't send out a firetruck and three firefighters for non-lethal medical emergencies anymore -- they just send a single firefighter in an SUV.

Cthulhu_ 13y ago
SUV? Over here (Netherlands) they send them in tiny cars (http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-SMYHWONA.jpg http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-SMYHWONA.jpg for example, but I've seen even smaller, two-person city cars with a flashlight bolted on). If it's just to carry a person with some essential first responder tools (fire extinguisher, medkit, axe / tools), you don't need anything big. Of course, in the US, distances are much larger than over here.