FDNYrigs said:
Here's my thinking. It appears Covid 19 will cause a lot of businesses to close and a lot of people to loose their homes. With these additional vacant properties, do you think they will be a target for either arson for profit or pyros?
FDNYrigs, I have been discussing that topic with a few friends of mine.
We all feel that if things continue as is, "YES", we could see some businesses take the path of arson. However, these days are much different when it comes to the cause and origin of a fire than years ago. Simply put, it's pretty tough to get away with setting a fire to try and collect the insurance.
Fire Marshalls today have much more high tech equipment to use and "they know their stuff".
Along with that, together we have also discussed an increase in criminal activity. We feel that if it gets to the point of survival, of course more robberies, assaults, etc will tend to occur.
That's my personnel "doomsday scenario". However, as we have seen, there has also been so much good come out of this. People helping each other, day after day, city after city, town after town. It may have brought families even closer together, particularly those with children. Games that we "baby boomers" grew up with are in some cases making a comeback.
And we have certainly learned to greatly appreciate so many who are out there doing the most necessary jobs that we just took for granted before.