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Equitable Public and Private Fire‐Protection Charges
Author(s) -
Myrick Charles R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1976.tb02384.x
Subject(s) - business , private capital , investment (military) , capital investment , fire protection , service (business) , capital (architecture) , finance , environmental economics , economics , engineering , civil engineering , microeconomics , marketing , political science , law , production (economics) , politics , history , archaeology
To be prepared to meet the water demand caused by large fires requires a large capital investment by the water utility as well as bearing the maintenance and operating costs of providing this service. Although there is not complete agreement among authorities as to the best method, this article presents several methods that may be used in allocating public and private fire‐protection costs.