| Carey Gregory 2005-05-21, 10:53 pm |
| [cross-posting trimmed]
HorneTD <hornetd@mindspring.com> wrote:
>As competition puts more and more pressure on investment reliability of
>service will go the way of the dodo. We may begin to see architects
>designing watchtowers into new fire stations so the watchman can look
>for the loom up of the fire within their service areas if the trend
>continues.
Are you serious? My, what a quaint idea.
Won't happen. Fire is a dwindling emergency, but medical and other
emergencies that produce no outwardly visible signs are on the rise.
Spending public money on watch towers and the personnel to man them would be
a ridiculous waste that would be better spent ensuring that the public voice
network (whatever form it takes) is always capable of reaching emergency
resources. To allow that requirement to slip into history would be a huge
public policy mistake.
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