[107111] in Cypherpunks
RE: Question about anarchic systems and natural disasters (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Anderson)
Fri Jan 1 18:59:47 1999
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 18:46:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
To: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
cc: Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer <cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811172004.OAA16707@einstein.ssz.com>
Reply-To: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
I know I'm running a bit behind in reading this list, but oh well.
> We have volunteer fire depts. here in Texas (and most other states I've
> been in). Typicaly they have no equipment, no training, and no money.
>
> But, hey, they'll save the slab.
We've got at least one local volunteer fire dept. here in Michigan. It's
in one of the richest cities in the state, too. The personnel are all
volunteer, but they spend a significant budget on equipment and training.
It's an interesting way of handling things, honestly.
The volunteer firemen do get a few perks, for the responsibility though.
They do get minor things like the ability to take their cards down to the
station to have a good place to work on them, and to wash them, etc.
It seems to work fairly well. (This is Troy, MI. Among other things, it
has Kmart's world headquarters located there. Major Ameritech, CSC
offices, as well. This isn't a minor little city.)
Ryan Anderson
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