VIDEO: Members of local unions including firefighters and auto workers protested the closure of a fire station in Kansas City, KS.
They are concerned people who work in manufacturing plants will have to wait longer for help in an emergency following the closure of Station 15 in the Fairfax District.
They are asking members of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, KS to reconsider and staff the fire station again.
Friday’s protest was the second time concerned community members picketed about the fire station closure.
In July of last year, the Unified Government Commission voted to relocate a fire company from the fire station in Fairfax to a new fire station in the Piper area.
At the time, a UG spokesperson said the new fire station in Piper would serve more than 2,000 new rooftops.