- Author
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Urban Institute
- Title
- Comparative Productivity Analysis of Local Governments: Some Findings and an Agenda for Future National Efforts. Part 2. Measuring Fire Protection Productivity in Local Governments.
- Coporate
- Urban Institute, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
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Part 2
November 1972
77 p.
- Keywords
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fire protection
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fire departments
- Abstract
- In fiscal 1969-1970, $1.76 billion was spent by local governments on direct fire protection services, compared to $2.99 billion on police and $2.10 billion on sanitation. Fire-related expenditures by water supply, police, and other government services were not included in the $1.76 billion. Estimated losses from fires in 1971 were $2.27 billion, 11,850 lives, and 107,000 injuries requiring medical attention. Losses in business revenues, people displaced, jobs lost, and other economic and social costs are not relrected in these statistics.