bucket brigade

noun
1.
a line of persons formed to extinguish a fire by passing on buckets of water quickly from a distant source.
2.
any group of persons who cooperate to help cope with an emergency.

Origin:
1910–15

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Being without fire hose of any kind, a bucket brigade would be formed and the
  fire put out in that manner, if and when possible.
The fire bucket brigade was replaced with a shiny red fire engine, and an alert
  crew of volunteer firemen.
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  present.
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  weather permitting.
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