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Numerous fire engines & trucks break down after Duggan administration denies problems

By Steve Neavling on August 7, 2015 Fire, Headline

On the day that Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration disputed our 18-month investigation into the city’s dangerously defective fire engines and ladder trucks, at least four rigs broke down.

Detroit ambulance stolen, tracked down as police search for suspects

By Steve Neavling on November 11, 2014 Crime & Fire, Police

Police were able to track the EMS rig as it fled.

Detroit’s aging fleet of fire trucks falls into disrepair, leaving residents vulnerable

By Steve Neavling on April 29, 2013 Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, City Council, City Government, Crime & Fire, Fire, Government, Life in Detroit, Mayor's Office, posts

The Detroit Fire Department is dangerously close to running out of trucks and engines to respond to fires because the aging, overrun fleet is breaking down faster than mechanics can make repairs