A showdown over how the county provides firefighters at John Wayne Airport is becoming another skirmish in the escalating battle over whether county emergency response services should remain largely public or privatized.

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A showdown over how the county provides firefighters at John Wayne Airport is becoming another skirmish in the escalating battle over whether county emergency response services should remain largely public or privatized.