Fire chief proposes station compressors to reduce reliance on $1.5M mobile air truck

Doug Williams, fire chief of Fire District No. 1, told commissioners during the agenda review that the district plans to change how it supplies breathing air to stations by installing station compressors at multiple fire stations instead of depending solely on a large mobile air truck.

Williams said the current mobile air truck is a 2010 vehicle that the district has deferred on the fleet-replacement plan, but which will soon require replacement. He said replacing the truck with the current configuration — compressor, large generator and support systems —…