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Commission approves minutes, reviews surplus equipment and announces parade logistics
Summary
The commission approved the meeting minutes, reviewed a surplus ambulance, and confirmed Christiansburg's Christmas parade will proceed with a silent apparatus line-up; monthly call reports were distributed in the packet.
At the December session the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Commission handled routine business: it approved the previously distributed minutes, noted surplus equipment and shared community-event details.
Procedural vote: after the minutes were read as emailed in the packet, an unidentified speaker moved and another seconded; Speaker 1 called for assent and announced, "Minutes are approved as recorded."
Surplus equipment: staff notified the commission that at least one vehicle — an older ambulance/stop truck from Bridal Fire currently at the old FedEx building on Rhine Oaks Street — is slated for surplus once new vehicles arrive; departments were invited to express interest.
Community event: Speaker 1 said the Christiansburg Christmas parade would proceed despite incoming weather, requested participating apparatus line up on Park Street and asked that entries be 'silent' (lights on, no sirens); lineup was scheduled for 6:00 p.m. the next day.
Call reports and operational notes: the monthly call reports were included in the meeting packet; participants discussed one mis-dispatched unit and thanked mutual-aid partners for covering calls during recent large fires.
The commission adjourned and scheduled its next meeting for 01/15/2026.
