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Board approves $1.8 million transfer to buy two fire apparatus after chief warns of fleet failures
Summary
The fire chief said the county's fire apparatus fleet is deteriorating and provided repair-cost examples; the board approved a $1.8 million transfer from the Colonial Downs future capital fund to buy two apparatus (one available within weeks, second in July) to stagger replacements and avoid a $9 million bulk purchase.
The county’s fire chief told supervisors that the primary response fleet has suffered increasing downtime and costly repairs, citing several recent examples: a pump rebuild costing about $16,000, replacement of a turntable collector ring for roughly $36,000, and other repairs that left apparatus out of service for weeks. He said…
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