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Yesterday we brought you new reporting about how Ohio relies heavily on volunteer firefighters rather than full time, paid professionals.

-- Claudia asked: Does homeowner insurance ever pay for the cost of the emergency response or support fire department response in any way?"

Reporter Abigail Bottar shared this answer with us:

"I don't believe homeowner's insurance pays for emergency response, but health insurance can! A lot of these departments' budgets come from billing for ambulances. That means that if departments aren't getting ambulances out fast enough or if mutual aid is picking up the call instead, the departments are actually losing money. Some departments we spoke to don't even run Emergency Medical Services... EMS... and either contract with a private ambulance company or a local department that has EMS."

Thanks for writing in, Claudia.

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