Heroes saving lives - and sav-ing energy and taxpayer dollars, too? For Chief Mark Bradford of Lawrence-Douglas County (Kan.) Fire-Medical, the concept was worth a shot. He signed off on the "Energy Smackdown" - an energy-efficiency competition between his department's five stations, which had as its goal the reduction of electricity use during the peak four months of summer, when air-conditioning bills typically are at their highest.
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