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Pocatello Fire Department reports FY24 wildland deployments, seeks council guidance on purchasing wildland engine
Summary
Fire Chief Ryan Hearn and union representatives told the Pocatello City Council work session the department deployed on nine FY24 wildland incidents, generating non-tax revenue and training; staff proposed a $257,000 capital purchase for a custom wildland engine and said they will bring a purchase agreement to the council for approval.
Fire Chief Ryan Hearn and IAFF Local 187 representative Jordan Van Every briefed the Pocatello City Council at a work session about fiscal year 2024 wildland deployments and a proposed capital purchase of a new wildland engine.
Hearn said the department sent 31 different personnel on nine deployments in FY24. Deployments are typically 14 days but sometimes extended; Hearn noted one crew remained in the field for five weeks after rotations and that individual deployments sometimes lasted 21 days. The department reported operating costs and personnel costs for deployments are covered by the requesting incident, which also pays a per-hour reimbursement rate for engines and other equipment.
Hearn told the council the city generated about $188,000 in non-tax revenue in FY24 from equipment rental rates alone; that figure excludes…
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