Empty fire stations and fire crews without any water could soon be the reality in Folsom.

The city is facing a multi-million-dollar hole in its annual budget – and, Tuesday night, city councilmembers are being asked to make some controversial cuts.

"It's going to decrease our services to the entire city," said Folsom firefighter Dan Carson.

Carson says 911 response times will get a lot longer if the cuts are implemented.

"Instead of 2 minutes for a fire engine to get there, we might be seeing six to seven or eight minutes, even," Carson said.

The city is proposing to eliminate the fire engine located on Blue Ravine Road – leaving only an ambulance at that station, which is often busy driving to and from Sacramento area hospitals.

"It's not a position that we want to be in, but it's o

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