Several businesses have pledged a total $8 million to help cash-strapped Detroit pay for a new fleet of emergency vehicles including 23 EMS units and 100 police cars to boost public safety and reduce response times, Mayor Dave Bing announced …
Detroit officials say they’re making plans to lay off 400 to 500 city employees in the new year, roughly 5 percent of the workforce. The disclosure was made Dec. 7 as Mayor Dave Bing said he has enough votes in …
A published report says Detroit, Mich., has $20 million intended to demolish burned-out dwellings that’s sitting unused. The Detroit Free Press reports Tuesday that the money is part of the Fire Insurance Escrow Fund. It was created by a law …
A suburban Detroit, Mich., woman who returned home to find a basement fire says she was told by authorities that no firefighters were immediately available because they were responding to a separate house fire. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens …
Officials say an early-morning fire at a Detroit Department of Transportation bus yard destroyed six buses costing a total of more than $2 million. The fire Wednesday sent thick, black smoke into the air on the city’s west side. Officials …
Detroit, Mich., Mayor Dave Bing says fires during the Halloween period fell 44 percent from a year earlier. Bing told reporters Tuesday that the number of structure fires reported in the three-day span totaled 94, compared with 169 in the …