FINDLAY, OHIO, IS A SMALL CITY of 40,000 set apart from any other population centers. Their fire department operates out of 4 fire stations with an on-duty minimum of 17 firefighters. On Tuesday night the city council notified the fire chief that the fire department’s budget for FY 2010 will be slashed by $1.2 million. The current budget, according to their WEBSITE, is less than $7 million.
On Wednesday the fire chief announced that his proposed remedy to adjust for the loss will be to shut down two of the department’s four stations and eliminate nearly 40% of the authorized uniformed force.
WUPW-TV Ch. 4 Toledo filed this video report:
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