On Sun, 2019-11-10 at 14:14 +0100, Jan Michel wrote: > On 10.11.19 13:51, Dave F via Tagging wrote: > > Hi > > > > Simple question (which I presume has been previously discussed) : > > > > Why the different key tags to describe what are essentially > > synonymous > > entities? > > One of them takes care to put out fires, the other transports you to > hospital. There are regions where the two are mostly combined, but > in > other places these are completly separate organizations. > > E.g. in Germany they are mostly combined in the larger cities, but > usually separated in smaller towns. That's related to having > professional fire fighters and stations that are always manned > compared > to volunteers who have to gather first. > In the UK there area many more Fire Stations, so likely mapped much earlier before the emergency tag happened.
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