THE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, FIRE DEPARTMENT has been undergoing a decimation by the city council over the past year as the failed government continues to slash the budget by cutting out essential services. Recently they have been closing fire stations and laying off firefighters, and the Local has been going public constantly the entire time, telling the citizens what the situation is.
Following yesterday’s major fire that destroyed a row of apartments and businesses (Firegeezer report HERE), they organized a well-attended press conference that several tv stations covered and reported on. During the fire, the city had at least six firehouses backfilled with engines from other cities, including one where the fill-in company couldn’t even find the fire station that they were assigned to.
WITI-TV has a typical report:
Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Local 215 WEBSITE.
Also on FireGeezer…
- Milwaukee Alderman Wants to Eliminate the Fire Department – April 29, 2011
- Mutual-Aiders Balk at Assuming Coverage For Layoffs – February 14, 2011
