yes, in about an hour and a half john steadman station in downtown baltimore will not be the same. one of the trucks at this station and 24 firefighters will be relocated to another area of the city. baltimore city mayor sheila dixon called for budget cuts in almost every city agency. she believes shutting down truck 2 saves money and jobs. firefighters had hoped federal stimulus money might become available to keep the trucks here but that wasn't the case. truck 2 responded to more than 3,000 calls last year and just last week it was the first truck to put water on the steeple of the historic bethel ame church fire. truck 2 covers the central business district along with surrounding neighborhoods and without it crews at other stations nearby will have to work harder and some firefighters say it could affect public safety. >> if it takes you a minute longer to get to a call than thets a minute -- that's a minute longer where someone is having difficulty breathing or someone's house is on fire. >> reporter: two ambulance crews will be placed here to replace truck 2, and in the meant

there will soon be some changes right here at john steadman station in downtown baltimore. as of 7:00 this morning, one of the station's trucks and about 24 firefighters will be assigned to a different area of the city. baltimore city mayor sheila dixon basically announced that shutting down some of the trucks would help on budget cuts from nearly every city agency. she believes if you shut down truck number 2 that will save money and jobs. truck 2 responded to 3,000 calls last year. just last week it was the first truck to put water on the steeple of the historic bethel ame church. truck number 2 covers the central business district along with surrounding neighborhoods. without it crews at other stations nearby will have to work harder and some firefighters worry that the change could affect public safety. now, two ambulance crews will come here to replace truck number 2 and in the meantime, again, about 7:00 this morning, truck number 2 will leave and go to another fire station on eastern avenue. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> baltim

it is a bittersweet day for folks right here at john steadman station in downtown baltimore. as of 7:00 this morning one of the station's trucks and 24 firefighters assigned to it won't be here anymore. they are being reassigned to other parts of the city. mayor sheila dixon called for budget cuts for nearly every city agency and she believes shutting down truck number 2 saves money and jobs. truck 2 responded to more than 3,000 calls last year and just last week it was the first truck to put water on the steeple of the historic bethel ame church. truck 2 covers the central business district along with surrounding neighborhoods. without it crews and other stations nearby will have to work harder. >> our biggest problem is that we're not going to be here to protect the citizens of baltimore. that's what our job is. >> reporter: two ambulance crews will be placed here at the fire station to replace truck number 2, and in the meantime, 7:00 this morning, truck number 2 will roll out and be rolled to another fire station on eastern avenue. reporting live from downtown baltimore,

. >>> it's a bittersweet day for the people at the john steadman station in baltimore in downtown baltimore. the engine left the station for the last time this morning. the move was made after mayor sheila dixon called for budget cuts from nearly every city agency. she believes shutting down truck 2 saves money as well as jobs. >>> another casualty of the ailing economy. this time a school. a towson high school is closing its doors. now students and faculty at towson catholic are scrambling to find a new school or new jobs. a spokesman for the archdiocese says it simply couldn't recover from a sudden drop in enrollment. they say the school is mounting with debt and stands at nearly $650,000 in debt and their enrollment croppe dropped. >>> some baltimore residents take back their streets in the same neighborhood where a young girl was shot nearly a week ago. citizens on patrol will walk with residents on south pulaski street, where this happened last thursday. a 5-year-old shot in the head by a stray bullet after a street fight. it happened in the 300 block of south pulaski street. same stre