There were 29 emergency vehicles -- 10 fire engines, 13 ambulances and six EMS and fire command units -- at Detroit's Eastern Market Tuesday.
But, everything was OK. There wasn't an emergency.
It was a proud display of Detroit Fire Department's new fleet, a $10.7 million city investment, WXYZ reported.
Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Clapp, who has served with the department for more than three decades, recalls the challenges of working with deteriorating vehicles.
"When I came on, we had a lot of rigs that were rusted through...They had holes in the water tank, a lot of the compartments had holes, and the doors were shut together with bungee cords," Clapp said.
Detroit Exexcutive Fire Commissioner Chuck Simms added: "If you look at any of the major cities, they're driving around in 15, 20-year-old pieces of apparatus. We're fortunate enough not to have that old of an apparatus on the street.
