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Report: Detroit firefighters stretched dangerously thin

City budget cuts have left Detroit firefighters with the same demand to meet, but with less resources

By Charlie LeDuff
FOX 2 News

DETROIT — There was a time not that long ago when there was a fire in Detroit, you knew firefighters would be there in a hurry. But that was before the budget cuts.

Since those cutbacks, firefighters are spread dangerously thin and it’s you who may get burned.

“We have a new saying shamefully because the fire department and the city put us in this position that when seconds count, we’re only minutes away,” said Dan McNamara with the Detroit Fire Fighters Association.

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