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Memphis fire director confirms bad brakes in snorkel crash caught on video. Aging fleet cited.
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Bad brakes sent a Memphis fire truck across a parking lot and into a fence while flames ripped through a Midtown apartment complex Friday.
Fire Director Alvin Benson said the truck was inspected by the driver hours before, but there was nothing noticeably wrong with it.“It is an older piece. We have some equipment that dates back to the later 70s,” said Benson.
“Certainly, we have an aging fleet. It’s worn out, beat down and over time responding to emergencies, it needs to be replaced,” said Joe Norman.Norman is with the Memphis Fire Fighters Association.He said the back-up fire trucks are past their shelf life — they are more than 30 years old with too many miles and are a disaster waiting to happen.
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