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Juneau airport warns of operational risk after ARFF truck failures; board seeks fast funding options
Summary
Airport Manager Andres Delgado told a joint finance/airport board meeting that two ARFF trucks recently failed, leaving only one in service and creating an operational risk that could force an ARF 0 status. The airport outlined delivery timing for a new truck, federal grant complications and short-term funding options including using fleet reserves and PFC reimbursement.
Andres Delgado, airport manager for the City and Borough of Juneau, told a joint meeting of the Assembly Finance Committee and the airport board on Feb. 25 that the airport briefly lost two of its rescue-firefighting trucks and for a short period had only one operational unit.
"Without these trucks, we are not allowed to operate as an airport," Delgado said, describing what the airport calls an ARF 0 status that would prohibit air carrier service if no qualifying vehicles are available. Delgado said the airport currently relies on one permanently out-of-service truck (2003) and one surplus unit (1992), with two loaners from…
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