Firefighter risk
2015-09-16 18:37:07.697182+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The Atlantic: Why Firefighters Get More Cancer:
To further reduce risk, firefighters should have a second set of turnout gear to wear in case there’s a fire while the first set is being cleaned. But that would cost at least an additional $1,500 per firefighter—a sum many pinched municipalities don’t have.
Given what firefighters are getting paid in pensions, and what insurance costs are, this is likely a problem of externalities and subsidies for the wrong things. Grrr.