Hollywood police are investigating 27 tires that were slashed overnight on 11 fire-rescue vehicles at the city's main fire station.
A fire-rescue employee noticed one vehicle with its tires slashed at around 2:30 a.m., police Capt. Tony Rode said.
Later, fire-rescue employees noticed more slashed tires. The vehicles are parked at a Pep Boys next to the fire station at 2741 Stirling Road, as part of an agreement with the business to provide parking.
''We all came in this morning and saw that 11 of them had anywhere from two to all four tires slashed,'' fire-rescue spokesman Matt Phillips said.
The slashed tires were all on marked fire-rescue vehicles, but none of them was a fire truck or ambulance, officials said. Those vehicles are kept inside.
Many of the vandalized vehicles are cars or vans that are used for logistical purposes, such as gathering evidence at the scene of a fire, officials said.
It will cost the city over $1,000 to replace the tires, Rode said. But, he said, there is no immediate safety issue because other vehicles can take their place.
Police are reviewing surveillance tape from Pep Boys and a drug store nearby to see if they can find out who slashed the tires, Rode said.
''These vehicles are utilized to save people's lives, and to think that some idiot would do this type of vandalism to them is certainly disheartening,'' Rode said.
