With staff cutbacks along with the looming possibility of the city pursuing a hybrid police and fire department, firefighters with the Ypsilanti Fire Department have experienced a great deal of uncertainty throughout the past year.
Now operating under newly named Fire Chief Max Anthouard, most of the firefighters are still unclear what their department — as well as their jobs — could look like in the near future.
Beginning Feb. 6 of this year, AnnArbor.com staff photographer Courtney Sacco spent six weeks getting a look at life in the fire house by photographing firefighters as they worked shift one at the Ypsilanti Fire Department.