fire stations firegeezer on 12 Jan 2009 07:54 am
Historic Firehouse Closes
WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE AMERICA’S OLDEST continually-manned fire station shut down Sunday morning at 8 am. Louisville, Kentucky, Engine 7 was closed as a part of Mayor Jerry Abramson’s program to “save money” by closing fire stations.
Neighborhood groups are going to court to
contest the station’s closing. (Courier-Journal photo)
Station 7 was built and went into service at 6th and York Streets in 1871. Residents in the neighborhood which is in the oldest section of the city, have been protesting the closure. But the mayor and the fire chief have given them the now-standard line “that there are several stations within a two-mile radius that can more than adequately address the area’s needs.”
Two neighborhood groups, the Old Louisville Neighborhood Council and the Camp Zachary Taylor Historical Society, have filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop the closing, saying it irreparably harms residents. A hearing is scheduled for 1:15 this afternoon on their request.
WHAS-TV has this video report:
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