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Council to authorize replacement fire apparatus and pursue SAFER grant as department flags aging fleet
Summary
The fire department presented a resolution to purchase a replacement tiller truck to replace apparatus from the 1990s and discussed a federal SAFER grant application to fund personnel; chiefs said apparatus lead times are three to four years and the department is operating on older spare vehicles.
Fire Department leaders asked the council to authorize procurement of a replacement apparatus (a tiller truck) and discussed a federal SAFER grant application to help fund firefighters. The department said several front-line vehicles date from the early 1990s and 1996 and that apparatus build times now run three to four years, which makes…
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