“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.”
From “Prince Caspian”, by C.S. Lewis, 1951
Five years or so ago, when my wife and I lived in Brooklyn, New York, anytime an immaculate fire truck raced by with its sirens wailing and its railroad horn braying, I’d say “not going to a fire”. She’d laugh.
Without any data to support the assertion, I still knew that you just didn’t see fires like you used to, when I was a kid.
When I was growing up in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, you’d see the fire truck go to a fire, and then return, all wet and messy. The guys at the station would work to clean it up to perfection again.
I can’t recall the last time I saw a wet and messy fire truck.
We moved back to Honolulu in 2023. Over the past year, I have noted of how immaculate fire trucks were constantly racing around the city, blowing their horns, and flashing their lights, and running their sirens, all in the apparent absence of any actual fires.
They’re under orders to “look busy”, and create as much mayhem as they might with their ostentatious behavior.
Well, today I started doing research on the subject, and found that my surmise was correct.
From 1978 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decreased by 82.7%, from an all-time high 210,792 to second-lowest all-time 36,496.
Further, from 2010 to 2023, the 1.5% average annual decrease in fires in the City of New York was 150% greater, or one and a half times greater than their .6% long-term average annual decrease from 1960 to 2023.
The great positive societal change is increasing, going forward in time.
That’s because the health of the ether is inexorably improving, and moral and mental health vary directly with that of the subject’s etheric environment.
(Poster from the film “the Towering Inferno”, 1994)
THE DATA
From 1960 to 2023, fires in New York decreased by 40%, from 60,941 to 36,495.
From 1960 to 2023, fires in New York decreased by an annual average of .6%.
From 1960 to 1970, fires in New York City increased by 108.8%, or by more than two times, from 60,941 to 127,249.
In 1960, there were 60,941 fires in the City of New York.
From 1970 to 1980, fires in the City of New York increased by .5%, form 127,249 to 127,876.
In 1970, there were 127,249 fires in the City of New York.
From 1978 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decrease by an annual average of 1.8%.
From 1978 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decreased by 82.7%, from an all-time high 210,792 to 36,496.
In 1978 there were 210,792 fires in the City of New York, the all-time high.
From 1980 to 1990, fires in the City of New York decreased by an annual average of 2.5%.
From 1980 to 1990, fires in the City of New York decreased by 24.8%, from 127,876 to 96,089.
In 1980, there were 127,876 fires in the City of New York.
From 1990 to 2000, fires in the City of New York decreased by an annual average of 3.9%.
From 1990 to 2000, fires in the City of New York decreased by 39.2%, from 96,089 to 58,438.
From 1990 to 2000, the 3.9% average annual decrease in fires in the City of New York was 55.9% greater than their 2.5% average annual decrease from 1980 to 1990.
The great positive societal change is increasing, going forward in time.
That’s because the health of the ether is inexorably improving, and moral and mental health vary directly with that of the subject’s etheric environment.
In 1990, there were 96,089 fires in the City of New York.
From 2000 to 2010, fires in New York decreased by an annual average of 2.3%.
From 2000 to 2010, the 2.3% average annual decrease in fires in the City of New York was 41% less than their 3.9% average annual decrease from 1990 to 2000.
This is the signature of wireless technology, working its woe upon the populace.
From 2000 to 2010, fires in the City of New York decreased by 22.7%, from 58,438 to 45,214.
In 2000, there were 58,438 fires in the City of New York.
From 2009 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decreased by 16.4%, from 43,677 to 36,495.
In 2009, there were 43,677 fires in the City of New York, the fewest in any other year since 1915.
From 2010 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decreased by an annual average of 1.5%.
From 2010 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decreased by 19.3%, from 45,214 to 36,495.
From 2010 to 2023, the 1.5% average annual decrease in fires in the City of New York was 150% greater, or one and a half times greater than their .6% long-term average annual decrease from 1960 to 2023.
The great positive societal change is increasing, going forward in time.
That’s because the health of the ether is inexorably improving, and moral and mental health vary directly with that of the subject’s etheric environment.
From 2010 to 2014, fires in the City of New York decreased by an annual average of 1.8%.
From 2010 to 2014, fires in the City of New York decreased by 7%, from 45,214 to 42,043.
In 2010, there were 45,214 fires in the City of New York.
From 2014 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decreased by an annual average of 1.5%.
From 2014 to 2023, fires in the City of New York decreased by 13.2%, from 42,043 to 36,495.
In 2014, there were 42,043 fires in the City of New York.
In Fiscal 2023, the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) responded to 12,594 non-structural fires.
In Fiscal 2023, the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) responded to 23,901 structural fires.
In Fiscal 2023, the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) responded to 36,495 fires.
Jeff Miller, Honolulu, HI, October 6, 2024
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