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Sovcit is sooooo close.. (lemmy.world)

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[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

if memory serves, the first fire fighters were in Rome and owned by rich people. If you didn't pay them to put out the fire, their boss would buy the ashes from you afterwards.

https://ancient-history-blog.mq.edu.au/cityOfRome/Vigiles

okay, I was close. Buy your house while it was still on fire.

[–] Contravariant 7 points 7 months ago

Somewhat predictably they also started the first public firefighting force after a large part of the city burned down, again. Apparently prevention is just not profitable if you're only paying people to extinguish fire.

Didn't prevent what is now known as the Great Fire of Rome though.