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Home»Posts tagged with»Power Lines

Detroit Fire Department ran out of rigs to respond to emergencies; 3 firefighters injured

By Steve Neavling on November 26, 2014   Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline, posts  

Detroit Fire Department ran out of rigs to respond to emergencies; 3 firefighters injured

It was a frigid, frustrating and overwhelming 14 hours for Detroit’s exhausted firefighters.

Strong winds left Detroit without adequate fire protection

By Steve Neavling on November 18, 2013   Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline, posts  

Strong winds left Detroit without adequate fire protection

We monitored all 116 fire calls from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., finding lagging response times and overwhelmed fire crews.

City failed miserably to protect residents from downed power lines during windy, icy night

By Steve Neavling on February 27, 2013   City Government, Government, Mayor's Office, posts  

City failed miserably to protect residents from downed power lines during windy, icy night

On one of the windiest, iciest nights in Detroit in over a year, the city had just one Public Lighting Department crew overnight to handle countless downed, sparking power lines and fallen street lights spread across 139 square miles.

Detroit, DTE failed to protect residents from downed power lines, fires

By Steve Neavling on October 30, 2012   City Government, Crime & Fire, Fire, Government, Mayor's Office, posts  

Detroit, DTE failed to protect residents from downed power lines, fires

Many live lines snaked unattended across streets, fields and sidewalks for more than an hour because neither the fire department nor DTE had sufficient resources to handle the hazards.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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