Weight Limit On Bridge Hampers Emergency Vehicles

June 5, 2007 Kansas - Quick responses obviously are crucial to the Tonganoxie City Fire Department. But firefighters and others in this Leavenworth County community are concerned they are losing precious seconds because a bridge on a main Tonganoxie thoroughfare recently was deemed off-limits for large vehicles -- including fire trucks and ambulances. "Our average response time now is about four and a half minutes," said Fire Chief Dave Bennett. "Now it will take about seven minutes. In seven minutes ...