[Grovenet] Reflections on Minority Rule

[David Morelli]

On May 18, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Steven wrote:

> Good idea. Maybe we should get the insurance companies to pitch in.  
> In the end, they are the ones who benefit from good fire service.
>
> Martha Khoury wrote:
>> Maybe we should go back to the subscription fire service that they  
>> used to have. That way, those who are willing to foot the bill  
>> will get the service. --Martha K.

That would take the fire insurance industry full circle.  The  
earliest private fire companies would be paid by the insurance  
companies when they were successful, and competing fire companies  
would battle for the right to fight the fire.  Unfortunately, private  
citizens might delay calling in the fire company if they were going  
to have to pay the bill them self, in the hope that they could put  
the fire out by them self, which usually made the problem worse than  
it needed to be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_fire_brigades

David