Firehouse Roulette?
Wednesday, June 4, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)In what Firefighters Local 36 -- and DC Councilman Tommy Wells -- called “Firehouse Roulette,” DC officials took some fire trucks out of service last weekend to deal with a staffing shortage, raising concerns among neighborhood residents and firefighters. The move “continues to erode public safety by failing to adequately staff district fire stations!” Local 36 tweeted. Check out reports by NBC4 here and here, as well as reporter Mark Seagraves' report.