Before fire engines, cities relied on the "bucket brigade"Volunteers would rush to the scene of a fire and form a human chain- beginning at a source of water–a well, river, or pond if close by–,• draw water, and hand the bucket to the first person in the chain◦ then the bucket would be passed from person to person until poured on the fire◦ empty buckets would be returned down the chain, filled and passed again• imagine, that the buckets stopped moving and no empties were returned◦ someone runs down line to find the problem – and comes to two men just standing there“I’m not passing the bucket to him. He’s a cheat!”“I’m not taking a bucket from him. He’s a fraud!”- in the meantime, the schoolhouse burns down• if you’re in brigade, no matter what, don’t break the chain!

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