MUSKEGON, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Muskegon Heights emergency personnel are sounding the alarm over a lack of funds for fire trucks.

Officials said the city has just one fire truck that can fight fires and there’s no money in the budget for a new one.

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City Manager Troy Bell says they have demolished an upwards of 600 homes per year over the past decade which is contributing to a loss of property taxes.

Muskegon Heights Mayor Pro Tem Ronald Jenkins says the city needs to get the lack of fire trucks figured out.

The city has two, 24-year-old trucks that need repairs and the working truck is now eleven-years-old.