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• #1 by Crabby Milton on October 1, 2017 - 11:31 AM

  

  I know it’s pie it the sky but Wauwatosa could actually use another station so taking over E25 station would be ideal since the nearest Tosa station is in the village and nothing in that section. Tosa and Milwaukee kind of have spaghetti borders in that area.
  They built E25 in that area back in the early 80’s with the HAZMAT in mid for easy access to the interstate. But I guess 33 has plenty of room for it if they have to do this.
  Yes MABAS is a good thing so now more than ever, it’s going to get it’s fair share of use holding short of fully consolidating all Milwaukee County fire departments into one.

• #2 by Joe Smith on September 30, 2017 - 3:55 PM

  

  I don’t believe that the general public takes the fire department for granted. In many different types of emergencies, they are the folks who get called to intervene, and they touch many people’s lives in a positive way. As a group, they are probably the most highly respected of all public employees.
  Politicians like to talk about cutting taxes, and too many citizens want to believe that they can get something and have someone else pay for it. The truth is that you get what you pay for. In Milwaukee, people are accustomed to a relatively high level of city services, and I believe that a majority of them are willing to pay to support this level of service, but their elected leaders need to be honest with them about what it costs, and the cutbacks that will occur without adequate funding.

• #3 by max o on September 30, 2017 - 2:09 PM

  

  So how come it always seems that the general public takes the Fire Department for granted? And when something like this happens they take the side of the politicians?

• #4 by Daniel C. Rode on September 30, 2017 - 7:43 AM

  

  Haz-Mat goes to E-33 and Dive/Boat Pilots go to E-23.

• #5 by CrabbyMilton on September 29, 2017 - 3:03 PM

  

  Joe, you’re obviously closer to inner workings so I appreciate your perspective.
  However, anyone with common sense can the mayor’s incompetence. He’s been mayor for 13 and he hasn’t done anything to improve the overall health of the city. How much more time does he need to get his act together?

• #6 by Joe Smith on September 29, 2017 - 1:12 PM

  

  CrabbyMilton, you partially answered your own question. The streets are in atrocious condition, along with a lot of other infrastructure that has been neglected for years, due to the same funding issues. People raise hell when their neighborhood firehouse is closed, but probably don’t notice that the street maintenance crew hasn’t patched the cracks on their street or cleaned the sewer catch basins for several years. I spent the first 60 years of my life in Milwaukee, including 32 years as a city employee, and saw many cuts from close up, including things that the average person might not notice, such as deferred maintenance, that become apparent later when things start falling apart. The current administration has attempted to address some of this backlog, but it’s a slow process. I would be the first to agree that Police and Fire are among the most important services provided by city government, but when nearly everything else is curtailed, the city starts to resemble Detroit.

• #7 by CrabbyMilton on September 29, 2017 - 11:25 AM

  

  Then why does he want to cut fire and police first?
  MPS is a complete mess but money continues to be poured in there. Streets are in bad shape and when they are repaired, they are often dug up again shortly afterward for lousy work. Bad quality but hey, there’s money for that.
  Don’t get me started on spending money on social programs. I know I’m going off topic but I’m sick of fire and police departments getting targeted for cuts when it’s last thing that should be cut and if anything increased.

• #8 by Joe Smith on September 29, 2017 - 8:59 AM

  

  Though I often disagree with Mayor Barrett, including on the merits of the streetcar, this is largely funded with federal money that cannot be used for other purposes. Unlike certain other elected officials, some of whom have been endorsed by Local 215, Mayor Barrett has never held public employees up as scapegoats for our budget problems, or attempted to pit different groups of city employees against one another. Milwaukee’s budget situation has been building for many years, the fat has long since been trimmed, and we are now cutting bone and muscle. Mayor Barrett and the Common Council have few good options, and must try to choose the least bad options in passing a budget. Until a stable source of funding is established, this will likely continue to get worse.

• #9 by MABAS 21 on September 29, 2017 - 8:58 AM

  

  With all of the above listed stations closing, where will the in-service companies be relocated to? Also Station 3 is home of Tower 1 and Dive Rescue 3, so are they being relocated somewhere else? Another abuse of MABAS as a catchall in the political arena. I’ve spoken to residents regarding the trolley in the past and they agree it’s going to be a useless waste of money. MFD was already working with the bare bones minimum of truck companies. Thanks in advance for any responses.

• #10 by CrabbyMilton on September 29, 2017 - 6:00 AM

  

  This whole thing is asinine and disgusting. If I ever had any very little respect for Tom Barrett, it’s gone now. Milwaukee gets tons of money from the state and Barrett is spending it on a streetcar that will do no good so as always public safety has to suffer if this thing actually goes thru.
  Tom Barrett’s idea of cooperation is to just bow to Milwaukee and do it our way. He figures that if a few stations close, the other Milwaukee County suburbs will take care of it. MABAS to him must mean that they can help us but don’t expect Milwaukee to return the favor.
  If this lousy thing happens, where will the HAZMAT unit be relocated to since E25 is on the list.

• #11 by max o on September 29, 2017 - 12:44 AM

  

  And then hopefully people will learn not to take the Fire Department for granted.

• #12 by Joe Smith on September 28, 2017 - 10:41 PM

  

  If I am counting right, this means MFD will have only 8 truck companies plus the 2 rescues left in service to cover a 96 square mile area with approximately 600,000 people.
  The root of this problem is state shared revenue that has not kept pace with inflation over the last 25 years or so. MABAS has cushioned some of the impact, but I fear that it is only a matter of time before this results in a tragedy.

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