By Ted Roelofs
Bridge Magazine
MICHIGAN — When the dispatch call goes to a typical Michigan fire station, chances are it has nothing to do with fire. In fact, odds are about four in five it’s some kind of medical emergency. And even then, it may well turn out to be a false alarm.
Not exactly the kind of sirens-blaring drama many associate with their local fire station.
In St. Joseph in Southwest Michigan, officials from the International City/County Management Association studied daily logs for that city’s firefighters. In that department, which does not respond to medical calls, it found firefighters in active service just 33 minutes in a given 24-hour period.
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