The union representing firefighters is calling for new leadership at Halifax Fire , saying members are working with limited resources and support, which is putting crews and the public at risk.

The comments were made in the wake of the Middle Sackville apartment fire on Monday, where 180 people were left homeless.

Brendan Marr, the president of Halifax Professional Fire Fighters, says a personnel shortage is jeopardizing response times and tying up resources.

“Roughly half of the firefighters in the city were at this fire overnight and no stations were backfilled with additional people and we felt that we were very vulnerable as a municipality to other fires coming in,” he said, adding that response times on Monday at the apartment fire fell far below industry standards.

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