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Kankakee fire department purchases lifting airbags, upgrades dispatch and approves $110,163.93 in bills
Summary
The Kankakee City Public Safety Committee heard a fire department report on staffing, equipment purchases (including new lifting airbags and dispatch upgrades), vehicle maintenance and EMS billing totals, and approved $110,163.93 in fire-related bills.
Kankakee City Fire Chief reported personnel counts, equipment purchases and maintenance costs and the Public Safety Committee approved $110,163.93 in fire-related bills at its March 5 meeting.
The Fire Chief said the department currently has 44 active personnel, including assigned staff in administration, the fire prevention bureau and community risk reduction, with several personnel off on injury or attending paramedic training. For February, the department's bills totaled $110,163.93.
Notable expenditures itemized in the report included…
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