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North Bend fire chief details vehicle upgrades, grant funding and need for new ladder truck
Summary
The North Bend Fire Department reported new rapid-response vehicles bought with ARPA funds, large drops in maintenance costs, and renewed efforts to secure grants or partnerships to replace a 1994 ladder truck now estimated at $1.7 million.
The North Bend Fire Department told the City Council on July 27 that recent equipment purchases and mitigation projects reduced maintenance costs and fires, but the department still needs outside funding or partnerships to replace an aging ladder truck.
Fire Chief Jim presented the department's annual report, saying the city received two new rapid-response vehicles and two staff vehicles last year and that "all of these vehicles were purchased using the federal funds, the ARPA funds. So, there was no local tax money spent for any of these 4 vehicles that we talked about." He added that the department’s equipment maintenance expense ‘‘dropped 74% from last year at the same time," and fuel costs declined about 11% year over year.
The report said the rapid-response trucks carry about 300 gallons of water, are four-wheel drive and are more…
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