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Borough proposes Pager Road maintenance shop and 2–3 EVT mechanics; chiefs ask for cost details
Summary
Borough staff proposed hiring 2–3 emergency vehicle technicians to operate from the Pager Road facility to reduce downtime for fire engines and ambulances; fire chiefs praised the concept but pressed for detailed staffing, cost and billing plans before the committee makes a budget recommendation.
The Regional Emergency Services Advisory Committee heard a borough proposal to staff a maintenance shop at the Pager Road facility with two to three emergency-vehicle technicians to service fire apparatus and borough ambulances. Administration said the change is intended to reduce out-of-service time for pumps and other critical systems and to centralize maintenance capacity.
Luke Butcher, Director of Emergency Operations, told the committee the borough lacks local access to enough EVT-certified mechanics and proposed one heavy-duty EVT for fire apparatus plus one to two light-duty EVTs to support ambulances and other emergency vehicles. "There is a lack of access in general across our community to EVTs," Butcher said, and he cited an in-flux ambulance fleet ("10 to 11 ambulances") and roughly "25 fire service area owned…
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