From KGTV: The EPA required every diesel-powered vehicle to have a filter to keep soot out of the air. The filters usually burn off soot before clogging the engine, but fire trucks don't do enough long-haul driving to get hot enough to burn the soot away. So San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald is asking the region's congressional delegation to petition the EPA to change their rules.

Additionally, Rep. Bob Filner is scheduled to meet with EPA officials and ask them for an exemption on the fire truck filters.
Filner sent the EPA a letter last week saying, "Fire equipment is breaking down or having to be taken off-line, at times putting lives and property in danger."

The EPA has not said if they'll give fire departments a pass on filtering their diesel vehicles. Right now the military and construction industries are the only entities with an exemption. Read the entire article here

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