Bureaucratic delays prevent purchase of desperately needed fire trucks in Detroit
“It’s ridiculous. We simply don’t have enough rigs to cover the city,” said Mike Nevin, president of the Detroit Fire Firefighters Association.
“It’s ridiculous. We simply don’t have enough rigs to cover the city,” said Mike Nevin, president of the Detroit Fire Firefighters Association.
For the past three years, Motor City Muckraker photographed fires in Detroit as part of a project to reveal the widespread damage caused by the city’s arson epidemic.
An interactive map shows where each of the 10,000 fires occurred between 2013 and 2015.
Three people were charged Friday in connection with the brutal murder of Detroit firefighter David Madrigal.
The fire broke out in an occupied apartment building on Detroit’s northwest side.
The shooting underscores the dangers that Detroit firefighters face every day.
Detroit firefighters are raising money in hopes of finding the killer of David Madrigal, a beloved fireman who was found bludgeoned to death in his west-side home on Monday.
The 59-year-old was a beloved firefighter and proud grandfather.
The city of Detroit painted a wildly inaccurate and misleading picture of the fire crisis through a public database that was supposed to create transparency.
Firefighters tried to resuscitate the captain of the fire boat.