City hopes to see savings through composite fire department staffing model

Fire departments could save 35 per cent and maintain current response times by switching to composite fire departments according to a study by Adam Found a University of Toronto economics PhD candidate.  Fund’s study, entitled “Economies of Scale in Fire and Police Services in Ontario,” concludes full-time fire departments appear to be about 35 per cent costlier than mixed full-time and volunteer fire departments.

http://www.recorder.ca/2013/02/17/mixed-model-fire-savings-cited