These cuts are actually going to put people's life at risk because, like you said, the fire 2 years ago where 17 people died, because 2 of the--probably could have been put out faster if all these trucks had 5 firefighters, we're now going to cut every fire department from having them.
Garbarino warns that cuts to firefighter staffing will endanger lives.
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