Well, this is an interesting idea which I think will catch on. Neighborhoods banded together with their own firehoses could potentially make a huge difference in containing fires.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poway26oct26%2C0%2C3420539.story?coll=la-home-center
What do you think? It seems like a great solution, if neighbors could be organized into groups and trained.
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