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Jackson fire chief outlines 10-year equipment and radio replacement plan
Summary
Chief Jay Henry presented a 10-year plan calling for replacement of apparatus (engines, a forestry vehicle and a pickup), replacement of radios and installation of a repeater system; funding is noted as coming from capital reserve and expendable trust funds, though specific dollar amounts were not given.
Chief Jay Henry of the Jackson Fire Department presented a 10-year capital plan at the Planning Board forum on Sept. 18 that identifies apparatus and communications equipment slated for replacement and upgrade.
Henry outlined planned replacements for the department’s major vehicles — fire engines/tankers, a forestry vehicle and a pickup truck — over the coming decade. He also described a program to replace radios, including handheld units, and to install a repeater system to improve radio coverage. The minutes record that estimated costs were discussed but do not include dollar figures.
Henry told the forum that funding for the projects is available in existing capital reserve funds or expendable trust funds. Forum participants discussed whether the current funding allotments in those accounts will be sufficient to cover the anticipated replacements. Henry said some radio replacements would be phased over multiple years, but that portable radios would be replaced at the same time.
The presentation was informational; the forum did not take any formal votes or authorize purchases. The information gathered is intended to inform the Select Board’s budgeting decisions and the town’s Capital Improvement Program.
