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Louisville firefighters frustrated with deferred maintenance after 10-year-old rope used in bridge rescue
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Louisville firefighters frustrated with deferred maintenance after 10-year-old rope used in bridge rescue

  • Richard Essex
  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

A recent WDRB News report revealed peeling paint, rusted facades, and holes in firehoses -- all the result of decades of deferred maintenance.  

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Louisville firefighters frustrated with deferred maintenance after 10-year-old rope used in bridge rescue
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Louisville firefighters frustrated with deferred maintenance after 10-year-old rope used in bridge rescue

  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

A recent WDRB News report revealed peeling paint, rusted facades, and holes in firehoses, all the result of decades of deferred maintenance.

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Louisville firefighters working without a contract while city ignores aging stations, equipment
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Louisville firefighters working without a contract while city ignores aging stations, equipment

  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

As the department is riding high from the Second Street Bridge rescue on March 1, they are trying to re-direct that limelight on what it needs…

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Louisville firefighters working without a contract while city ignores aging stations, equipment
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Louisville firefighters working without a contract while city ignores aging stations, equipment

  • Richard Essex
  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

As the department is riding high from the Second Street Bridge rescue on March 1, they are trying to re-direct that limelight on what it needs most — at least $35 million to fix aging stations and equipment. 

'It's literally hanging off the bridge' | 911 calls released from semitruck crash on 2nd Street Bridge
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'It's literally hanging off the bridge' | 911 calls released from semitruck crash on 2nd Street Bridge

  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

It happened early Friday afternoon after a crash on the Second Street Bridge between a semi, a pickup truck and two passenger vehicles. 

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Louisville firefighter describes moment he pulled woman from semi dangling off 2nd Street Bridge
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Louisville firefighter describes moment he pulled woman from semi dangling off 2nd Street Bridge

  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

Bryce Carden said the extensive training he has received from the Louisville Fire Department helped him maintain his calm.

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Extensive training paid off for Louisville Fire during semi driver's dramatic rescue
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Extensive training paid off for Louisville Fire during semi driver's dramatic rescue

  • Krystal Goodner
  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

Poise under pressure. That's what Louisville firefighter Bryce Carden exhibted as he was lowered by rope to a trapped semi driver whose big rig nearly plunged from the 2nd Street Bridge last Friday.

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Extensive training paid off for Louisville Fire during semi driver's dramatic rescue
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Extensive training paid off for Louisville Fire during semi driver's dramatic rescue

  • Updated Mar 8, 2024

The breathtaking rescue of a woman from the cab of a semi dangling from the 2nd Street Bridge last week has been seen around the world, but it…

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