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[–] [email protected] 33 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

Fun fact: this is how fire fighters used to be.

There'd be fire markers on the outer walls to indicate which fire protection company covered that building and whichever firefighter turned up would bill that fire protection company who'd then bill the customer/customer's insurance company.

Edit: typo.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 17 hours ago

Fact: Yes.

Fun: Not so much.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

There is a scene in gangs of new york that pretty accurately shows how some fire fighters worked back then.

https://youtu.be/e6eDVsl8Kp4

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

City where I live burned to the ground TWO times so they finally established a fire department in the 1800s