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Miami County to reallocate Paola Fire capital funds for extrication gear and buy 10 SCBA bottles
Summary
County staff requested reallocation of $8,000 from two Paola Fire capital items to equip Rural Engine 5 with extrication tools and asked to purchase 10 compatible SCBA bottles for $12,263.20, with staff saying any overage can be covered by existing line items.
County staff asked commissioners at a Miami County study session to reallocate $8,000 in Paola Fire’s 2025 capital budget to equip Rural Engine 5 with extrication equipment and to approve a separate purchase of 10 self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) bottles, which staff priced at $12,263.20 plus shipping.
The request came as Paola’s command staff determined they no longer need two items that had been in the 2025 capital plan: a $3,000 generator and a $5,000 turbo-draft eductor. Mark Whalen, rural fire coordinator, said Paola’s brush truck can already draft water from ponds and the command staff “decided not to…
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