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Re-order Paragraphs

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Re-order Paragraphs

Arrange the sentences into the correct order.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

  1. Today, such brigades still protect the majority of rural communities, proving that a volunteer model can rival paid services in effectiveness.
  2. Over time, this training turned loosely organized bucket lines into disciplined units capable of responding within minutes of a call.
  3. Because these volunteers were rarely professional firefighters, local departments began holding regular weekend drills to teach hose handling, ladder work, and basic rescue techniques.
  4. This necessity gave rise to volunteer fire brigades, groups of ordinary citizens who agreed to drop their daily work and respond the moment an alarm sounded.
  5. In many small towns without the tax base to fund a full-time fire department, residents historically had to rely on each other whenever a blaze broke out.