A devastating fire in Macomb Township this weekend left two firefighters injured and a family homeless, prompting the local firefighters union to call for increased staffing levels.

The fire, which completely destroyed a home in the area of Balmoral Drive and Ramblewood Drive Saturday, has highlighted concerns about firefighter staffing in the growing township of approximately 100,000 residents.

With only about eight full-time firefighters typically on duty when accounting for vacation and sick time, the Macomb Township Fire Department operates with a ratio of roughly one full-time firefighter per 13,000 residents.

"We want to make sure that the residents are safe and our firefighters are safe. We don't want to be that phone call or go into somebody's house that the worst has happened,"

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