Since Mayor Bing gutted the fire service, the Detroit Fire Department department has been forced to close down rigs and layoff men.
What to do?
According to Fox 2's Charlie LeDuff, Commisoner Donald Austin has come up with a firecracker of an idea.
Because Detroit for years has been a magnet for firefighter tourists riding along on the rigs, Austin, according to his "ride-along training program" memo, is thinking, hey, why not put them to work and charge them for the privilege?
Think about it, you don't even have to pay their benefits, and what a great experience it will be for that guy from podunk. You can fight fires. It's really busy. You can help pull hose. You get to save babies. You might even get to have breakfast with a confessed murderer waiting at the fire house for the cops to come and arrest him.
