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Huntersville fire chief outlines station, apparatus and staffing plan; station 5 land search continues
Summary
Fire Chief Cottola and town staff described a multi‑year plan for apparatus replacement, new stations and staffing increases tied to town growth, including a proposed station 5 and two imminent engine purchases.
Chief Cottola, speaking for the Huntersville Fire Department, told the board the department is implementing a multi‑year plan to replace apparatus, add stations and expand staffing as the town grows. He said recent steps — including converting volunteers to full‑time staff — required new management roles and longer‑term capital planning.
The department plans to order two fire apparatus units within months because lead times for new trucks now run about three years, Cottola said. One unit (an engine) was scheduled as a routine replacement and another would support a future Station 5 that planners hope to locate in the town’s northeast corridor. He said typical new fire apparatus cost roughly $998,000 each and that the department expects to get 20 years of service out of a…
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