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Everett fire chief says stolen engine was 'sentinel event'; reserve unit covering responses
Summary
Everett Fire Chief Dave DeMarco briefed the City Council on July 23 after a fire engine was stolen from an idling scene over the prior weekend; the department activated a reserve engine and is researching long-term engineering safeguards while investigators and repairs continue.
Everett Fire Chief Dave DeMarco told the City Council on Wednesday that a criminal stole an idling Everett fire engine last weekend, an incident he called a “sentinel event” for the department and the wider fire service.
The theft occurred while the engine was parked at an emergency incident with lights on, DeMarco said. “Fire apparatus are left idling by design,” he said, explaining the vehicles function as mobile fire stations that require continuous power and complex systems. DeMarco said the perpetrator was able to release brakes, put the unit in gear and overcome an immobilization device at the wheels.
The theft interrupted a longstanding local…
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