BERLIN — Berlin Fire Chief James Watkins sounded the alarm Wednesday saying the city needs to find a way to get newer equipment as the department’s fleet is aging and vehicles were out of service for long periods of time within the past year.

Watkins said one of his fears is that the number of hours department vehicles spend out of service will continue to increase as vehicles age. In the past year, the department was so short on equipment it had to borrow a fire engine from Gorham.

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