Louisville firefighters say city is doing little to fix conditions at older firehouses | News from WDRB [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville firefighters accuse the city of doing little to fix living conditions at older firehouses.

Photos from inside some of the buildings the city’s firefighters call home show peeling paint, leaky roofs and holes in ceilings and walls.

According to the Louisville Professional Firefighters Local 54 union, a significant amount of money to make needed repairs was taken out of the fire department’s budget this year.

“There are many firehouses across the city that most people would be shocked to come into, to use the facilities, to use the kitchen … I have seen vacant properties, frankly, in better conditions,” said Jeff Taylor, president of the Louisville Professional Firefighters Local 54.

The Louisville Fire Department said it needed an estimated $31 million to make repairs and address differed maintenance. 

“What it says to the firefighter is we are not appreciated,” Taylor said.

In previous WDRB reporting, the outside of …