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Fire department requests funding for training center, new stations, apparatus and fire‑marshal buildout
Summary
Temple Fire Department presented an extensive capital and staffing plan including replacement engines, a ladder truck, new fire stations, a training tower and a multi‑year buildout of the fire marshal’s office.
Temple — The city’s fire department asked the City Council to include several capital and personnel items in the FY26 budget and to plan for phased work through FY31, including new stations and a broader fire‑prevention office.
Fire leadership outlined multiple items: replacement pumpers already in long lead times, a ladder truck budgeting and intent‑to‑purchase commitments, expansion of the training campus with aircraft‑burn and confined‑space props, and a multi‑year program to staff and equip an expanded fire‑prevention and fire‑marshal office. The department also described the need…
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