GIRARD, Ohio (WKBN) — The Girard Fire Chief is asking city council for help covering costs for damaged equipment. Chief James Petruzzi says the goal is to be more financially savvy: when their hoses, ladders and other equipment tools are damaged when they are responding to calls, he doesn't want taxpayer dollars covering them. Instead, he is requesting that funds be recouped for fire-related incidents by billing insurance companies. "It's just the nature of the beast.