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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by willravel
EMS = paramedics. Firefighters aren't EMS. That's why I said 'fire protection' and not 'EMS'.
Under socialized medicine, usually paramedics would be covered by the program.
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Now I had to look because I recall being asked to suppor the fire department at one time, but Suffolk County and Nassau County, both very high property taxes all have Volunteer Firemen to cover their territory. It is ALL of Long Island.
So when I lived there I didn't pay for fire protection. The local fire departments had to raise funds to cover their firehouses.
Many fire protection services in the Northeast are volunteer organizations.
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The Suffolk County Volunteer Firemen's Association was organized in 1896 to represent the Volunteer Firefighters of Suffolk County, New York.
With over 125 Volunteer Fire and EMS agencies providing emergency response to its residents.
Suffolk County comprises 1000 square miles of eastern two-thirds of Long Island. Long Island itself extends 120 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, East from New York City. The distance from the Nassau County border to Montauk Point is 86 miles. At Suffolk County's widest point the distance from Long Island Sound to the southern shore is 26 miles. In 2003 there were an estimated 1,468,037 residents of Suffolk County.
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