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Idaho Military Division seeks supplemental funding for vehicle upgrades, public-safety communications and hazmat equipment
Summary
Adjutant General and staff told the committee the FY2026 request includes supplements to clear a backlog of vehicles awaiting communications installs, IT infrastructure changes to separate public-safety networks, and $8.6 million for regional hazardous-materials response equipment and training.
Major General Tim Donillon, the adjutant general and commander of the Idaho National Guard, described the Idaho Military Division’s FY2026 funding needs, emphasizing supplemental requests to clear a backlog of vehicles, improve public-safety communications infrastructure and provide new hazardous-materials response equipment for regional teams.
Timing and vehicle backlog
Committee members pressed why the requests were presented as supplementals rather than routine enhancements. Donillon and military staff said the supplemental timing reflects an urgent operational need to process an influx of vehicles that arrived after a supply-chain delay for vehicle components (notably vehicle communications equipment). "We got a flood of them at one time," Donillon said. The supplemental was split into two parts: private-contract work to…
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