Absolutely. Since the fire departments there lost popular support, the time is ripe for the community to organize and make their own independent FD; pool money

Absolutely. Since the fire departments there lost popular support, the time is ripe for the community to organize and make their own independent FD; pool money, buy a used truck and train the jobless in fire fighting. In fact, make firefighting and emergency medical care a compulsory subject for high school seniors. Make the place into a self-sustaining kibbutz.