🚨This is a CCJ Public Safety Alert 🚒

This is a CCJ Public Safety Alert — uncovering a threat to community safety that officials ignored until it became impossible to hide.”

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🔥 FULL POST — SAINT JOHN FIRE TRUCK CRISIS

By Canadian Citizens Journal

Your Saint John firefighters have been raising internal alarms for years about the severe deterioration of our fire truck fleet.

City leadership ignored them.

Today, the consequences are undeniable — and they’re putting lives at risk.

This past weekend, two fire crews in Saint John were completely out of service because there were no functioning fire engines available. Not one. Not a backup. Nothing the firefighters could safely operate.

Frontline fire trucks are routinely breaking down.
Aging spare trucks — meant only for emergencies or temporary use — are now being forced into full-time frontline duty.
Some trucks are being pushed back into service despite not having full operational capability.

Firefighters warned this would happen. The City chose not to act.

Fire trucks take months, sometimes over a year, to procure. Despite knowing this, the City refused to begin the replacement process early. Now the delay means:
• higher repair costs
• extended service outages
• increased taxpayer burden
• dangerous gaps in emergency coverage

Meanwhile, the City mechanics of Local 18 are working tirelessly to keep unsafe, aging vehicles alive — but no mechanic can compensate for years of political neglect.

Saint John firefighters continue to show up, protect our homes, and serve Canada’s oldest incorporated city with pride.
They meet the challenges of industrial zones, heritage buildings, port hazards, and dense urban cores.

The question is:

Why isn’t City Hall meeting theirs?

If you are concerned — and every resident should be — firefighters are asking you to contact City Council directly and demand action before a preventable tragedy happens.

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📧 Contact Your City Council — Demand a Response

Mayor
[email protected]
506-658-2912

Deputy Mayor John MacKenzie
[email protected]
506-977-3849

Councillors
[email protected] — 506-639-0969
[email protected] — 506-977-3853
[email protected] — 506-721-5690
[email protected] — 506-639-1603
[email protected] — 506-639-1506
[email protected] — 506-639-1334
[email protected] — 506-977-3854
[email protected] — 506-977-3848
[email protected] — 506-977-3846

Your firefighters have done their part.
Your mechanics have done their part.
Now, City Council must do theirs.

Public safety is not optional.
Fire protection is not optional.
Accountability is not optional.

This is the Canadian Citizens Journal.