Many people will unabashedly say that they believe fire fighting to be special. It's not uncommon to hear people say that they don't believe profit motive has a

Many people will unabashedly say that they believe fire fighting to be special. It's not uncommon to hear people say that they don't believe profit motive has any place in fire fighting. I don't buy it. I don't see how fire fighting is any more special than, say, food production (both are obviously vital to health), yet I think most people have come around to recognizing that profit motive is a spectacular way to organize the production and distribution of food.