text: The Marco Polo fire points out the threat to future public safety and the need for providing gov't subsidies to private condo owners.   I mention again, here pointing out the more historic brush fire threats that concern not only future public safety, but also, miles of infrastructure such as roads, power lines, cable lines, water and sewer systems.  Isn't this even more compelling circumstance for subsidizing private homeowners for neighborhood and individual home safety improvements?  If you're not going to beef up city equipment to reach higher than 10 stories and instead give tax revenues to private condo owners, then forget extra helicopter duty and give the money to private homeowners.