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Fire chief warns ladder-truck procurement is multi-year; SCBA and ambulance revenues also reviewed
Summary
The fire chief told the council that specifying and ordering a new ladder truck can take more than three years, urged phased replacement of SCBA bottles and detailed EMS transport revenue estimates for 2026.
Jamestown — The fire chief told the City Council that procuring a new ladder truck is a long lead-time project and that the department is phasing equipment replacement while monitoring EMS revenue.
The fire chief said the timeline to spec and take delivery of a new ladder truck is lengthy: “the last conversation I had was 36 to 39 months for a bill for at least time to get 1. Yes. It does… Roughly 3 years after that, so we're 4 years…
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