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Reflections of ‘Paladin: Only Have Hose Will Travel’
Johnny Western - Ballad of Paladin Have Gun Will Travel
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Back to the future:
As fires become more frequent and expensive, some insurers pay for private firefighting crews
Wealthy Homeowners and Their Insurers Turn to Hired Help to Fight L.A. Wildfires - WSJ
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When former Olympic gold-medal sprinter Michael Johnson heard the Palisades fire was heading his way, he knew his multimillion-dollar hillside home in Malibu, Calif., was in danger.
Johnson didn’t simply dial 911 as others in the wildfire’s path did: He turned to his private firefighting system for protection.
Johnson pays about $5,000 a year to lease the system, a pump-and-hose apparatus that can draw large amounts of water from his swimming pool to help fight the progress of wildfires and backstop the city’s municipal firefighters and hydrants.
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Just as Johnson and his wife started hosing down their property in hopes of preventing any embers from igniting, a man sent by the system’s supplier, Fire Defense Service, showed up to help them. The Johnsons soon evacuated, believing they would never see their house again. But the man from Fire Defense stayed behind to help protect their house and a neighbor’s who was also a client.
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Back to the future:
When the "Great Fire of London" occurred, which devastated much of the city and led to the establishment of the first fire insurance companies, who then funded their own fire brigades to protect the properties they insured from future fires; essentially creating the link between insurance companies and dedicated firefighting teams.
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In US in 1800’s ‘fire marks’, were metal plates attached to buildings to indicate that they were insured and protected by the indicated 'privately paid' fire brigade.
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