abc 2 news' sharree johnson is live this morning outside of downtown fire headquarters with more details on this. sharee, what's this all about? >>reporter: well, supporters actually hope that putting ads on the side of baltimore city fire trucks might prevent the closure of three fire companies in baltimore city. now, yesterday many supporters, dozens of them gathered at the city hall chambers yesterday to fight for this. they want to keep those fire companies open. now, at this point the measure is not a bill. it's a resolution calling on baltimore city to allow advertisements to be placed on

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. >> the city council committee approve thad proposal last night and abc 2 news' sharree johnson is live downtown at headquarters there with the latest on this developing story. sharee, will this help at all? >>reporter: well, it's too soon to tell just yet. some say no and some are hopeful that it will. yes, we're here right in front of the fallen firefighters statue. this statue represents a lot of firefighters that have sacrificed their lives. last night supporters that turned out for that city council meeting say that, yes, they hope the fire trucks -- the ads fire trucks might stop the closing of three proposed fire companies in baltimore. mayor stephanie rawlings blake says any revenue from those ads is not likely to come in in time to do that. a spokesman for the mayor also told abc 2 news that the mayor does not take positions on resolutions and won't comment until she sees an actual bill on fire truck ads. now, he did say a proposal to add advertisements to city- owned buildings like parking garages and even schools is very close to becoming a reality. now, councilman pete welch

abc 2 news' sharree johnson is live this morning outside of downtown fire headquarters with more details on this. sharee, what's this all about? >>reporter: well, supporters actually hope that putting ads on the side of baltimore city fire trucks might prevent the closure of three fire companies in baltimore city. now, yesterday many supporters, dozens of them gathered at the city hall chambers yesterday to fight for this. they want to keep those fire companies open. now, at this point the measure is not a bill. it's a resolution calling on baltimore city to allow advertisements to be placed on fire trucks. councilman pete well ch made the proposal in response to a plan to permanently close three fire companies around the city. this includes truck 10 in west baltimore and squad 11 in southeast baltimore. a spokesperson for baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake says a proposal to add advertisements to city-owned buildings like parking garages and even schools is very close to becoming a reality. >> we've got to figure out how to right size the department so the city can afford the fire

this morning abc 2 news' sharree johnson is live downtown with the very latest. there was a meeting last night about all of this, sharree. >>reporter: that's right, there sure was. we're actually in front of the fire department headquarters here. lots of talk going on. we're right in front of the fallen firefighters statue here and there's a lot of supporters that actually hope the fire truck ads might prevent the proposed closing of three fire companies in baltimore city. now, dozens of supporters actually packed the city council chambers yesterday. at this point the measure is not a bill. it's a resolution calling on baltimore city to allow advertisements be placed on fire trucks. councilman pete welch made the proposal in response to a plan to permanently close three fire companies around the city. now, this includes truck 10 in west baltimore and squad 11 in southeast baltimore. a spokesperson for baltimore city mayor stephanie rawlings blake says a proposal to add advertisements to city-owned buildings like parking garages and even pools is very close to bec