Cincinnati.com
COVINGTON, Ohio — Aging fire trucks in Covington have firefighters concerned they won’t be able to get to certain areas of the city or upper floors of buildings in time.
Jimmy Adams, president of the Covington Firefighters Union Local 38, painted a bleak picture for the Covington City Commission Tuesday night of a fleet of old fire trucks they patch together with obsolete parts. Two recent breakdowns have created gaps in fire coverage, Adams said.
A broken crankshaft took out the department’s 21-year-old ladder truck for the downtown corridor, Adams said. That also means firefighters will have trouble reaching someone living 24 feet off the ground in the central business district. Another truck broke down Tuesday, leaving Latonia without a fire truck for several hours until the department could borrow one from the county, he said.
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