Buffalo prepares

[FFM1938]

The problem is even though the population is diminished the buildings didn't magically go away. Because of this, EMS calls have probably diminished but fire calls probably have increased because of the number of vacant buildings.

True enough - there's quite of bit of open green spaces on the East side to testify to that. Almost none of that housing stock was built to last, so any fire pretty much means a total loss and subsequent demo order. Sadly fires always peak in the winter from either overloaded 1920's/1930s wiring running multiple electric space heaters, or the heaters themselves setting something off.