pawlowski says the trucks in need of repair have been serviced and are back on the streets. he says a new truck is on the way and two more will follow in the next couple years. >> we are looking all the time at how we can continuously buy new vehicles replace those vehicles and make sure they have the best equipment available to protect them and the citizens they serve. >> reporter: the fire union says the mayor may budget money for new trucks but zaire after year they're left unfunded. >> every fire eventually goes out but the amount of destruction that it levers in the path is dependent upon the resources deployed to take care of the situation. that's manpower and that's equipment. you need both. >> reporter: so again, the important thing here is that the city of allentown is safe but only time will tell if the department will get those new fire trucks. reporting in allentown, gray hall, channel6 "action news". >> a bullet from a gun fight in the logan section of philadelphia narrowly missed a man sleeping in his bed. police responded to the gunfire near north 15th street

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allentown mayor ed pawlowski says the claim by the fire department is exaggerated. >> couple of the older vehicles are back in service. they were down for just, you know, a week. but it's not like we didn't have vehicles out there. >> reporter: the mayor believes it is political smoke because an election is right around the corner. he assures the public there is no shortage. the mayor says a new truck is on the way and two other new ones will follow over the next couple of years. >> i care about our firemen, i care about their safety and i care about the safety of our community and neighborhoods. >> reporter: while the mayor disagrees with the fire department's claims jeremy warm kessel with the allentown firefighters union says many of the trucks in the fleet are old and they need to be replaced. >> it's been recorded as a crisis, that's a true statement. one of the 11 pieces is from this decade, that's it. everything else is anywhere between nine to 20, 22 years old. >> reporter: warm kessel says he's heard promises in the past from two term mayor pow new trucks coming but says they wer