Warwick rescue was transporting a patient – according to reports, a 4-day-old baby who was having difficulty breathing – to Providence last weekend when the vehicle started shaking.
They were on Interstate 95. They knew they had to get to the hospital, but they feared the rescue wouldn’t make it.
Fire Chief Peter McMichael said Tuesday the crew kept going and the rescue and the patient made it to the hospital. The truck, a 2015 vehicle, is now in the Department of Public Works garage.
Under mutual aid, the city has been borrowing rescues from Cranston when needed and when available.
What has Mayor Frank Picozzi concerned is that only one of the city’s four rescues has fewer than 150,000. The fifth rescue – that’s the one undergoing repairs – will be used as a reserve when it’s back on the road.
Unlike cars, rescue trucks aren’t waiting on lots to be bought.