By Jane Prendergast
Cincinnati.com
CINCINNATI — Talk of laying off firefighters prompts fear of shuttered fire stations and long wait times for help.
That fear is not unfounded. City Manager Milton Dohoney’s plan to fill next year’s $35 million deficit includes cutting 118 firefighters, 38 of whom have been on the job just three weeks.
Losing that many – 15.7 percent of the force, now at 750 – could result in half the city’s fire fleet of 40 vehicles sitting idle each day.
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