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DFD
receives
donated
fire
truck
after
red tape
delays
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) – A
much
talked
about
fire
truck
has
finally
arrived
at the
Detroit
Fire
Department,
and not
a moment
too
soon.
The 1983
year-old,
23,000
mile
ladder
rig is a
welcomed
addition
to its
fleet.
Harrison
Township
businessman
Joe
Rippolone
donated
the
vehicle,
and said
to be in
top
condition
and
worth
nearly
$200,000.
Mayor
Dave
Bing and
Fire
Commissioner
Donald
Austin
accepted
the
truck
during a
brief
press
conference
Thursday
in front
of the
Spirit
of
Detroit.
“I’m the
kind of
person
that
likes to
give and
help
out,”
said
Rippolone.
“I just,
really
it
snowballs
to other
people
and I
hope it
gives
everyone
an
incentive
to say
not one
man can
do this
alone,”
he said.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
The city
was
criticized
for
delays
in
accepting
the
truck,
but Bing
says
dealing
with
City
Hall is
sometimes
not
easy.
“There’s
always a
lot of
procedures
and
whatnot
that you
have to
go
through
… but
this is
two
weeks
and, you
know,
I’m
satisfied
with
where we
are
today,”
Bing
said.
Rippolone
said he
decided
to
donate
the
truck
after
hearing
about
3-year-old
Ivory
Ivey who
died
because
Detroit
firefighters
didn’t
have a
truck
able to
rescue
her from
an
upstairs
bedroom.
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