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Killeen Fire Department details $3 million SCBA purchase, turnout gear and a mobile fill trailer to council
Summary
Killeen’s fire chief presented a package of budgeted purchases including 165 self-contained breathing apparatus systems (~$3.012M), turnout-gear replacement sets, cleaning/inspection services and a mobile compressor trailer, which the council approved as part of the consent agenda.
Killeen Fire Department staff told the City Council on Jan. 6 that a set of budgeted procurements is intended to replace aging protective equipment and upgrade on-scene air-refill capacity.
Fire department presenters said turnout gear replacement would cost $234,652 for 46 complete sets, with additional helmets, boots and hoods budgeted as high-wear spares. Routine cleaning and inspection services for structural turnout ensembles were presented as a separate budgeted contract for $106,407.90, conforming to NFPA standards for cleaning twice annually and at least…
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