Bellevue residents will be seeing Pittsburgh apparatus responding to incidents after their local fire department was decertified by the borough council.
Citizens found out through a letter, CBS reported.
The Columbia Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. are volunteers while the Bellevue Fire Department has three full-time and three part-time firefighters.
Elected officials said career firefighters were taking direction from a volunteer chief which some didn't know if it was a good idea.
Heidi Cummings, president of CHHL, said the crews always work seamlessly together on incidents.
She added that the decision puts families at risk. The career firefighters will still respond to calls that do not involve structure fires.
