''We have apparatus that's in service daily in this city that's older than some of our firefighters. That's a disgrace,'' Edward Kelly, president of the Boston Firefighters Union, said at a news conference yesterday.
(Justine Hunt/ Globe Staff)
Union links firefighter's death to city's inaction on vehicles
''We have apparatus that's in service daily in this city that's older than some of our firefighters. That's a disgrace,'' Edward Kelly, president of the Boston Firefighters Union, said at a news conference yesterday.
(Justine Hunt/ Globe Staff)
The Boston Firefighters Union yesterday blamed the death of a veteran lieutenant Friday on the fire department's failure to replace aging vehicles and called on the state to inspect the city's fleet of ladder trucks and engines. (Full article: 1090 words)
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