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Phoenix residents, union call for faster fire-department action after fatal house fire
Summary
Public commenters blamed delayed response times on years of underfunding; the firefighters’ union urged the city to staff additional apparatus and expedite station projects as the trial budget proposes new spending.
A public commenter and the local firefighters’ union urged the city to accelerate investments in Phoenix Fire Department staffing and apparatus after a house fire in Arcadia that a speaker said resulted in a delayed response and a death.
“I was on that fire,” Tim Grama, executive vice president of Local 493 (firefighters union), told the hearing. Grama said adding apparatus at specific stations would “make a significant impact” on response…
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