the.com/fire department
the only government agency people are genuinely happy to see arrive uninvited.
means a public service organized to prevent, respond to, and extinguish fires and other emergencies, usually faster than you'd think possible.
from traces to ancient rome's vigiles, but modern departments trace to ben franklin's 1736 union fire company in philadelphia, born after he watched a warehouse burn and decided volunteering beat complaining.
franklin's mottoan ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
actual callsmost responses are medical, not fires
dalmatians traditionbred to guard horse-drawn fire carriages, not mascots