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Re:THW: Germany′s army of volunteers for disaster relief by londons_explore on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @11:49AM (#27907832)
When a house is on fire badly enough to require the fire brigade, it's probably a write-off anyway. Even if the fire is put out promptly, the smoke and water damage will mean every room will need full remodelling, and the roof probably needs replacing. At that point, the cost isn't so different to just knocking it down and building again.

The main benefit the fire brigade offers is the ability to prevent spread to other buildings, and assist people escaping.

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Re:THW: Germany′s army of volunteers for disaster relief by monkeynotes on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:02PM (#27908903)
If the crew is so late to the scene that the house has essentially burned down:

1) Anyone trapped may end up dying or being severely injured 2) Fire spreads to neighbours (in the case I described the owners and neighbours were hosing down the next door house at their own risk.

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