For more than an hour Tuesday, city council members questioned the Baltimore fire chief about the motive and message behind a controversial video that firefighters made in June to try to demonstrate the challenges bike lanes present for fire apparatus on narrow streets.
“The only reason that I gave you all a video—and I thought about it—was to make sure you knew what I thought I saw,” Fire Chief Niles Ford told council members.
Councilman Ryan Dorsey has proposed substituting new language into the city charter, eliminating a provision that sets street clearances of 20 or 26 feet for fire apparatus. Councilman Eric Costello, the committee’s chair, on June 19 called on BCFD to make “demonstrable progress” on the issue with other agencies. The department responded with a video (sent to lawmakers as a DVD) hours later.
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