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Board approves Career Center enhancement grant to replace aging air packs

2623958 · February 12, 2025
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Summary

The board approved a state-enhanced grant and local match to replace 15-year-old self-contained breathing apparatus (air packs) used in Career Center fire training, with an estimated district cost of about $17,000.

The Excelsior Springs School Board unanimously approved acceptance of an enhancement grant and the local match to replace self-contained breathing apparatus (commonly called air packs) used by the Career Center’s fire program.

Presenters told the board the district’s current air packs are about 15 years old and will no longer be serviceable after 2025, which would prevent the program from certifying and using them for training. Administration presented cost options and concluded…

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