Firefighters deserve courageous, principled union leadership that can work with the new commissioner and ensure that firefighters have working equipment, safe firehouses and good wages.
Less than a month after Mayor Duggan fired the head of the Detroit Fire Department, another top official is gone.
The director was a close friend and political ally of Mayor Mike Duggan.
Three firefighters were injured trying to rescue residents.
The former assistant police chief now has the authority to appoint new top brass to deliver on a pledge to clean up the beleaguered Fire Department.
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department appeared to be no hurry to prevent a sinkhole from opening up late Monday afternoon on East Jefferson near St. Jean.
Devil’s Night recorded the fewest number of fires since at least the 1970s.
For the first time since the 1970s, Detroit is on pace to record fewer than 90 fires during the three-day Devil’s Night period.
We’ll provide up-to-date details and a map of every fire through Halloween.
Although the number of fires have leveled off during Devil’s Night over the past five years, this year poses more significant challenges.