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I've been watching Fireman Sam with my daughter (the new animated version) and I must say I'm deeply worried for the residents of Pontypandy, the small Welch village with a population of apparently 10 people. A thread 🧵

The fire and rescue services of Pontypandy are extremely advanced. Besides regular fire engines they have two helicopters, a tiltrotor, a hovercraft, drones, and several boats. Who is paying for all this? The tax burden for these poor people must be astronomical to afford all this kit.

Then there is the issue of mass surveillance around the town. When something goes wrong, an AI system knows exactly what is happening and where. Even when nobody calls them. This is only possible through ubiquitous camera coverage with facial recognition software, these people have no privacy!

The residents of Pontypandy make terrible decisions leading to a high incidence of forest fires and the likes. My fear is that the entire budget for fire and rescue services of Wales is being spend on saving the ten people who live their over and over.