Fire department seeks permission to surplus aging SCBA flow-testing machine

Feb 10, 2026

Radcliff fire staff asked the council to approve surplusing a more-than-20-year-old flow-testing machine used for SCBA checks, citing annual calibration costs of $1,400 and potential vendor maintenance alternatives; no formal approval was recorded at the work session.

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A fire department representative asked the council at the Feb. 5 work session for approval to surplus an aging 'AussieCheck' flow-testing machine used to validate self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) performance.

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