Unrelated tidbit of knowledge i learned yesterday. The first fire brigade was created by Julius Caesars partner/general Crassus. He put together a team of about 500 people to put out fires that happened on a near daily basis in Rome. The catch: he was a land speculator who would flip burnt homes on the cheap so his brigade would run to a fire but until the owner sold to Crassus on the cheap they would watch the home burn.

Talk about a hard nose business or completely unethical leverage, wow.