Fire departments could save 35 per cent and maintain current response times by switching to composite fire departments according to a study by Adam Found a University of Toronto economics PhD candidate. Fund’s study, entitled “Economies of Scale in Fire and Police Services in Ontario,” concludes full-time fire departments appear to be about 35 per cent costlier than mixed full-time and volunteer fire departments.
http://www.recorder.ca/2013/02/17/mixed-model-fire-savings-cited
