Detroit budget proposal would cut $52 million from police, fire

[Novine]

"If you're challenging the validity of the structure fires Troy uses in their statistics, you have to show the proof. You haven't shown any. You've only offered an opinion."

You're right, it is only my opinion. Troy doesn't provide enough detail about its structure fires to be able to show what's true in other suburban communities is also true in Troy. Maybe Troy is a magical city where the statistics really mean that Troy has a major structure fire more than once a week. If that was the case, you would think it would make the news once in a while. Odd that it doesn't. But if want to believe it, carry on with believing that. But don't expect anyone to take your idea that a volunteer fire department serving a community like Troy can scale to serve a city like Detroit. It's laughable and you won't find anyone with any kind of real world experience in firefighting to buy into your idea.

[davewindsor]

But don't expect anyone to take your idea that a volunteer fire department serving a community like Troy can scale to serve a city like Detroit. It's laughable and you won't find anyone with any kind of real world experience in firefighting to buy into your idea.

I wouldn't expect anyone from the DFD union to say anything other than a complete defense of the status quo out of self-interest. You still don't offer a solution to Detroit's financial crisis, just a denial of real world reality. But, in your defense, if I was in your union, I would probably do the exact same thing discrediting what fire departments in other cities are doing to keep their payroll costs down.