Dearborn — The city’s firefighters are burning mad over Fire Chief Joseph Murray’s decision to ban fire trucks from a deputy chief’s retirement party at a Dearborn bar Thursday — a break from a popular tradition, the chief’s critics said.
Asked about his decision, Murray initially replied: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
During a telephone interview with The Detroit News, he later changed his story, saying he barred the fire rigs from providing the ceremonial “last ride” to retiring Deputy Fire Chief Laura Ridenour because of the location of her party: the Biergarten, a bar on Michigan Ave…