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LOOKING FOR SAVINGS: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza's plan to reduce the number of firefighter platoons has drawn criticism. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
LOOKING FOR SAVINGS: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza's plan to reduce the number of firefighter platoons has drawn criticism. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Rhode Island pays more than it should for fire protection compared with the rest of the nation. As a result city and state officials have been trying to rein in some of the practices that lead to that issue. And we’re not even talking about the outrageous number of fire stations in the Ocean State,

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