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Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company asks commissioners for phased budget increases as new $2.4M ladder truck enters service
Summary
Fire company leaders told Bel Air commissioners that a new $2.4 million ladder truck is now in service, urged a phased town contribution to cover ongoing equipment and staffing needs and urged exploring higher false‑alarm fines to reduce resource drains.
Todd McKinney, vice president of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company, and Chief Scott Panowitz told the Board of Town Commissioners on April 30 that the company has put a new ladder truck — which McKinney described as “that beautiful piece of equipment” — into service and is seeking a phased increase in town support to meet rising equipment and operating needs.
McKinney said the ladder replaced a roughly 20‑year‑old truck and that the organization tried to sell the old apparatus before donating it to a Sioux tribe in North Dakota. He asked the commissioners to continue the…
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