Originally Posted by
Novine
"Regardless, that still does not show that Troy's volunteer model would not work in Detroit. "
The stats may say that Troy had a double-digit number of "structure" fires. If you dig into those numbers, I can guarantee that you'll find that most of those are minor in nature and are nothing like the intensity or scale of what you see in Detroit. When was the last time you heard of multiple homes engulfed in fire in Troy? Never because Troy never sees the kind of structure fires that happen in Detroit.
As far as the volunteer model, what makes you think it can scale up to a city the size of Detroit? Can you name one other city Detroit's size that operates that way? Using your logic, Detroit doesn't need the level of bus service provided because Troy gets away with much less transit than Detroit. Troy is "successful" and Detroit is not, therefore follow the Troy model. There's a reason that major urban cities don't rely on a volunteer model. It's not feasible, it's not practical and it would lead to many more deaths and injuries among the civilian population and fire department personnel.