#276, it depends what you mean by Upstate. Albany is upstate and Syracuse is Central NY. They are their worst enemies. If they had a Cell Tower with a rotating Camera they could spot smoke on a monitor that is a long way away,but one phone call could have Firefighters nipping it in the bud. It would be cost effective because Sprint or whomever erected the Tower could pay most of the expenses and rent the space from the Landowner (Government entity)and the Government Agency with the Camera would only have to pay for the Camera and the monitors and the electrical/telephone Works in between. This sounds much too sensible and cost effective for the Feds, and as environmentally liberal as Europe is they have little or no problem like Americans do with Cell Phones dropping calls.