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Fire chief: chassis to shop for two months, new firefighter hired and $10,000 grant pursued
Summary
Solomon Fire Chief Randy Paden said the department will send a chassis to Watts for about two months of work, welcomed firefighter Keegan Knox, and said he is applying for a $10,000 grant opening Wednesday to buy equipment for the truck; he also reported May call counts and equipment follow-ups.
Chief Randy Paden told the council the fire department will send a chassis to Watts for work expected to take roughly two months. He said a new firefighter, Keegan Knox, joined the department last month, and that he is working to apply for a $10,000 grant that opens Wednesday and remains available for three days to purchase new equipment for the truck.
Paden said the department is still waiting for vendors to locate 2013 SCBAs that were approved last year and noted the station's ice machine is not working. He provided May operational totals: 14 calls in May (in the city: nine medical calls and one false alarm; in the county: two medical calls, one vehicle fire and one kitchen fire).
Paden's update was delivered as a departmental report during the council's June 2 meeting; no budget requests or formal council actions were recorded on the item during this session.
