I genuinely can't recall the last time I felt this way, but I just had an experience where I thought, "ok, this is an example of my tax dollars being well spent."
I just had a fireman show up at my door and walk around my property with me telling me the things I need to do to create "defensible space," in other words, ways to make my house more safe from any fires that may decide to visit. He was really nice and highly informative. I'm even going to get an email summary of what we discussed ... the plan, as it were, for my property.