City Safety Committee discusses progress on fire department hazards

The Havre City Council’s Safety Committee met Monday to discuss asbestos, lead and diesel exhaust concerns in the city of Havre Fire Department and progress on assessing the problems appears to be being made.

The various issues at the fire department were the subject of a controversy earlier this month with city council member Josh Miller alleging that the city has known about the issue for some time and not done anything about it, and Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher saying his administration only learned about the issue recently and since then has worked to have the problems studied and remed...