On 25-8-2009 22:15, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:02:44 +0200, andrel wrote:
> 
>> On 25-8-2009 4:52, Neeum Zawan wrote:
>>> On 08/24/09 17:20, andrel wrote:
>>>>> It's pretty common in small towns in the US that the volunteer fire
>>>>> department isn't paid at all - they have to raise funds to buy
>>>>> equipment.
>>>> Bloody stupid and bloody irresponsible of the town they are serving.
>>>     What Jim said. Towns over here (particularly in the part of the
>>> country where he lives) are far flung, with some having only, you know,
>>> 300 people in them. And they're not rare. I'd bet a *much* higher
>>> percentage of the US lives in such places compared to where you're at.
>>>
>> True but irrelevant, I think.
> 
> If the population in an area covered by a "local" volunteer department 
> only consists of 25 people (and in some parts of Wyoming and Montana that 
> is actually the case), the tax burden would be quite high.  It becomes a 
> risk analysis as well as a cost/benefit analysis.

But then it would also not be possible to fund them from gifts.

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