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■ <br />Recommendation 4: Improve adequacy of fire protection by rationalizing <br />service provision to send the closest fire truck to the <br />fire. <br />Action Strategy: <br />A. Pursue inter jurisdictionally coordinated (among towns and rural areas), long -range planning that <br />considers rationalization of fire protection through cooperative agreements, or rationalization of <br />service areas around stations. <br />Recommendation 5: Promote family disaster preparedness to make every <br />household self - sufficient for at least three days after <br />a disaster. <br />Action Strategy: <br />A. Incorporate disaster preparedness education into community policing, neighborhood watch, and <br />school programs. <br />Recommendation : Create a countywide, integrated communications <br />system for emergency management which enables <br />inter - departmental communication among <br />jurisdictions. <br />74 <br />