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Wadsworth council approves $67,006 diesel exhaust removal system for fire trucks
Summary
The Wadsworth City Council approved a request from the Foxborough Fire Department to equip its fire trucks with a magnetic, retractable diesel exhaust removal system, with the chief quoting a total cost of $67,006. The equipment is intended to reduce station exhaust exposure.
The Wadsworth City Council voted to approve a request from the Foxborough Fire Department to outfit its apparatus with a diesel exhaust removal system, the council heard at its regular meeting.
The department’s chief described a magnetic, retractable extraction system that attaches to each truck, retracts when a vehicle exits the station and can be started manually or by a control button. “And the cost is 67,006,” the chief said when describing the equipment and installation for the department’s fleet.
Council members moved to approve the purchase; the motion was seconded and the council voted in favor. The transcript records the motion as carried but does not provide a roll-call tally or list of which members moved or seconded the motion.
The transcript did not specify how the city will fund the purchase or whether the cost covers installation and any required truck modifications. The chief said the vendor demonstrated the system and that the department would update trucks to accept the exhaust kit if approved.
No alternatives or objections to the purchase are recorded in the transcript. The council also received a brief operational advisory noting that trucks will be operating near sewer-work areas in the near term.
Next steps were not detailed in the transcript; the record does not specify contract terms, a purchasing vendor, a funding source, or an implementation timeline.
