FLAT ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT

A 52-year-old Lincoln Park man has been charged after firing a shotgun at his ex-girlfriend and shooting another man in Flat Rock, prosecutors said.

Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency are still testing the air quality.

After the flammable and cancer-causing chemical, benzene, was found in the in the sewer system, many Flat Rock residents are voicing their opinions about now having to be displaced because of the recommended evacuation.

Families are demanding answers on the impact of a chemical spill in Flat Rock and are becoming frustrated with the recent lack of communication.

Ford Motor Company has launched a million dollar reimbursement fund for evacuated and displaced families in Flat Rock.

Thirty members of the Flat Rock Fire Department became the first workers in the City of Flat Rock to receive the Pfizer vaccine Monday. Thirty members of the Flat Rock Fire Department became the first workers in the City of Flat Rock to receive the Pfizer vaccine Monday. The firefighters got their shots at the Wayne County Health Department in Wayne, said Fire Chief James Katona, who also was vaccinated. The vaccinations were the first of two shots the firefighters will receive as part of the pilot vaccination program, the chief said. Flat Rock Police Chief Glen Hoffman said he expects his force of 18 police officers will receive their shots in about a week or so.

Flat Rock's fire chief, fire inspector and civil defense director and former building official has served his last day in office. Units from Gibraltar, Huron Township, Rockwood and Woodhaven assisted Flat Rock in putting the fire out. A graduate of Flat Rock High School, he earned an associates degree and his emergency medical technician certification at Monroe County Community College. He does volunteer work at Flat Rock United Methodist Church. Bills mother, Ruth, lives in the Flat Rock area.