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Old 07-30-2024, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by scubawva View Post
I encourage you to educate yourself on this issue and rethink your position on eliminating a profoundly successful safety program. Better to make sure detectors working properly than having more fire & EMS calls for service because they are not. You’re not seeing the big picture.
I asked the Public Safety Department for their data on how many houses they provide the service for per year and the annual cost. They have not responded. But, anyone who thinks that the service costs nothing is just wrong.