"Do put out your own fires if you house catches fire. - i have a sprinkler system installed so it's unlikely I'll need them."
Haha. Sorry. As a Firefighter, you're very wrong. It'll definitely help, no doubt. But most commercial buildings today have sprinkler systems, and they burn.
"I suspect I could get private insurance to cover this though in a free-market. pay small money into pool (just like taxes) and we can all have firemen without your government."
Plenty of places do this. And it's an unregulated market. With sometimes horrific consequences. Grant's Pass, Oregon, for one, with three fire companies. Make sure you do your research - you don't want to get the company that has an engines with insuffient GPM capacity, or doesn't have sufficient tenders/tankers if you don't live in a hydranted community. Make sure their firefighters are all accredited (there is both an art and a science to it). Make sure they have SCBA so they can go inside your burning building (or your neighbors, who might cause a risk to yours). These are things you think should be obvious, but are not.
"Also, if you don't live in a city, it is very possible that there are no firefighters who will come to your house."
Most such areas also have a volunteer firefighter presence.
Haha. Sorry. As a Firefighter, you're very wrong. It'll definitely help, no doubt. But most commercial buildings today have sprinkler systems, and they burn.
"I suspect I could get private insurance to cover this though in a free-market. pay small money into pool (just like taxes) and we can all have firemen without your government."
Plenty of places do this. And it's an unregulated market. With sometimes horrific consequences. Grant's Pass, Oregon, for one, with three fire companies. Make sure you do your research - you don't want to get the company that has an engines with insuffient GPM capacity, or doesn't have sufficient tenders/tankers if you don't live in a hydranted community. Make sure their firefighters are all accredited (there is both an art and a science to it). Make sure they have SCBA so they can go inside your burning building (or your neighbors, who might cause a risk to yours). These are things you think should be obvious, but are not.
"Also, if you don't live in a city, it is very possible that there are no firefighters who will come to your house."
Most such areas also have a volunteer firefighter presence.