In the 1970's I lived in a small town in Oregon. You paid your fire protection fee and they stuck a little sign in your yard. If your house caught fire and you

In the 1970's I lived in a small town in Oregon. You paid your fire protection fee and they stuck a little sign in your yard. If your house caught fire and you weren't a customer they would allegedly come and protect your neighbor's houses, but not risk anything to save yours.