Excerpts from centralillinoispproud.com:
With the start of the new year, Peoria’s city budget cuts go into effect and the Peoria Fire Department is closing Rescue 1 and 2.
It wasn’t too long ago, we were talking about brown outs, essentially where several local fire stations were closed for a temporary amount of time. Now, we’re talking permanent closures of two rescue trucks.
The city decided on the cuts late last year after council worked to combat a $6 million budget deficit.
