By Tammy Stables Battaglia
The Detroit Free Press
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — As tractor-trailers full of toilet paper, delivery vans of new mattresses and $8 million in new equipment stock firehouses in Detroit, firefighters in neighboring Highland Park continue to struggle.
They’ve operated out of a cavernous industrial warehouse for eight years after the city’s only station was condemned. They sleep in makeshift shacks of two-by-fours and plywood and eat out of a portable trailer.
Despite it all, Highland Park firefighters say they’re happy for their brethren in Detroit. And Highland Park Fire Chief Derek Hillman says he’s working with the community to make magic happen for his department, too, seeking partnerships and donations from private and corporate sponsors.
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