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Bill: Fire Fighting
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberty Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2112
Description[?]:
| NOTE: This is a revision of the (now defunct) Fire Department for Public Safety Bill, and incorporates the details discussed by TLP and TCP. We propose to contract out to bidders, the ability to operate and run a fire service. CItizens will pay a fire insurance policy that will cover the cost of any service they need from the fire department The way I imagine the system working is this: You discover a fire. You call the fire brigade. The local fire brigade come round and put the fire out. After the fire is out, the owner of the burned location gives the fire department their insurance details. The fire brigade send a bill to the insurance company. The insurance company pays. ---- From a financial perspective, I imagine the situation working like this: -It is law to have fire insurance coverage. -You call around insurance companies for a competitive quote (this means that your cost of protection is influenced by your attitude to fire safety - e.g., if you have fire extinguishers etc, your premium will be lower than those who don't, etc). -Each period (year, two years, whatever), potential fire departments bid for the right to be the local fire service. -This sets the price chargeable for response (e.g., TRA50 for a false call out, TRA100 per manhour necessary to put out a fire). -The contracted fire department claims this amount from the insurers each time there is a fire. -If the fire is at a location from someone who failed to obtain insurance, a central fund pays the fire department. -The central fund is financed from the fines for people who are caught without insurance. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Firefighting services.
Old value:: The fire department is entirely volunteer, equipment and expenses paid for by the government.
Current: There is a national fire department, funded by the government.
Proposed: The government competitively subcontracts firefighting services.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:35:20, September 15, 2005 CET | From |  Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Fire Fighting |
| Message | Full support for this well thought out and reasonable proposal. Much better than what we have a the moment |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 139 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 162 |
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