Hooksett fire chief seeks $20,000 boost for truck maintenance
November 06, 2025 | Hooksett, Merrimack County , New Hampshire
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“I needed to increase the budget for next year,” the chief said when describing heavy costs to keep the ladder truck and Engine 5 operational; the chief said the department is already about three-quarters through this fiscal year’s maintenance line and that forecasting out suggested the current allocation would be insufficient.
Andre Garen, the town administrator, told the committee he supported the proposed increase after discussing operations with the chief and the council. Garen noted the ladder truck (model year 2007) is a primary, expensive piece of equipment and that funding preventive maintenance is less costly than replacing a truck.
The committee did not take a separate motion to vote on the chief’s request that night; however, the council had supported the increase earlier and the chief said the council’s action carries forward to the budget committee’s deliberations. The committee asked staff to include and track the apparatus-line increase as part of the council’s recommended budget and requested supporting cost-history detail for follow-up.
Provenance: Topic intro — excerpt at 00:09:18: “I last time I was here when I presented the budget…we were currently we were experiencing some heavy, cost to keep the ladder truck and engine 5 in service.” (block_558.935). Topic finish — excerpt at 00:13:19: “Thank you for your time.” (block_778.15).
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