In a perfect world with unlimited funds yes, a "pool of resources" would be lovely.
However, this is the real world, Sussex are doing the real job with the resources they have to hand and the system works extremely well (in that part of the world).
By the way, Their first priority is "preservation of life" and you can take that any way you like. I presume you are laughing like a drain now?
I look forward to further waffle about Turkeys and 100% of nothing