TY - BOOK AU - Czamanski,Daniel Z. TI - The cost of preventive services: the case of fire departments SN - 066998129X AV - TH9503 .C9 U1 - 338.4'3 PY - 1975/// CY - Lexington, Mass. PB - Lexington Books KW - Fire departments KW - Fire protection services N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references: p. 93-103. N2 - The study has modest objectives. The analysis is limited to a single, although significant, group of public goods defined as preventive services. It introduces the concept of preventive efficiency based on minimization of the weighted sum of costs of providing services and of probability of damages due to inadequate levels of protection ER -