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[–] ThePyroPython 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] alaphic 31 points 1 month ago

Fact: Yes.

Fun: Not so much.

[–] Plastic_Ramses 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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?si=ATVjTIr07TdMzHkc

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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