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Stratford Still Feeling Impact From January’s Wreck

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Remember the collision with the tractor trailer in January that put 2 of Stratford's apparatus out of service? The hits keep coming.

The Connecticut Post reports a spare rig broke down for the second time on Friday.

From the paper: 

The fire union posted a message on its Facebook page Friday about the most recent breakdown: "Stratford Fire Department is once again using a Milford engine as a front line apparatus due to another mechanical breakdown of one of our 14 year old engines. It is imperative that the Town purchases a new apparatus to stop this from continuing to happen."
 

Engines 6 & 7, the two that were seriously damaged in the January snow storm collision, are expected to be back in service at the end of the month.

The full story from the Connecticut Post is here. Previous coverage on FireTruckBlog.com is here.

Posted by on June 6, 2011 • Filed under: Apparatus, funding-apparatus, news, vehicle-operations-apparatus • Tagged: , , , , ,

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  1. richard says

    No comment from the Chief ?
     
    The union has to comment ?
     
    Also the union stating that the city has to "buy new engines" to replace the ones damaged when the damaged ones will be repaired in less than a month. Seems foolish.

    on June 7, 2011 @ 12:33 pm. Reply

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