Tag: fire frequency decline

Explaining the steep decline in the frequency of fires

Nov 7, 2013

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mwkruse

in Environment, Human Progress, Public Policy, Technology, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Social

Matt Ridley: Explaining the steep decline in the frequency of fires … In my case, as somebody always on the look-out for under-reported good news stories, it also served to alert me to just how dramatic the fall in “demand” for firefighters has been. Intrigued by the strike, I looked up the numbers and found…