No. The municipalities bear those costs.
I have to acknowledge one thing. Our fire departments are very well trained. They do a good job when an incident or accident occurs. Municipalities are also able to move forward based on their needs and respond to an incident or accident.
That being said, I'm not just concerned about costs. What I'm hearing is that you care about responding to an accident or incident, but care very little or not at all about preventing such an incident or accident from happening.
Indeed, they feel comfortable in saying that they can provide the town with a list of hazardous materials. As I explained, they could do the same thing for citizens and provide them with a list of hazardous materials. However, that won't prevent an accident or incident. What do railway companies or companies that transport hazardous materials by rail do to prevent an incident or accident from happening? What do they do at the source?