Margaret Fire Department Faces Crisis with One Truck

0:00Firefighters in Margaret, Alabama are down to just one working fire truck, putting the whole city at risk. One break down away from zero protection and they're blemming a nasty standoff between the mayor and city council for keeping rigs off the road. Three out of four trucks of Bustin in the department even lined up a solid new one to buy. But council members ghosted emails and skipped meetings so they missed the deal and can move forward. Chief Brett Thomas calls it petty personal agendas blocking progress while Lieutenant Ryan McQueen says is straight embarrassing their city. Employees needing basic tools to do their jobs. The mayor points fingers to noting most council skipped the last two meetings. Thomas has had a maintenance plan ready for over two months but meetings keep ending early or lacking enough members to vote. Finally, at a special Sunday session they greenlit quotes for repairs, though it's been a month and a half with no action yet. Chief Thomas isn't backing down, vowing they'll get it sorted with or without full council buy-in.

1:00One councilor insists they'll act once those repair quotes land so fingers crossed this gridlock cracks before the next call comes in. I'm Corey with the story and you've been listening to Birmingham News today, AI-powered local news.