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Fire territory outlines $200K-per-year EMS equipment lease and $1.1M pumper purchase
Summary
Chief Alcorn proposed leasing EMS equipment under a seven-year plan that would cost about $200,000 per year, cited high per-unit costs for cardiac monitors and cots, and confirmed a budgeted $1.1 million pumper purchase funded from equipment reserves.
The chief outlined an equipment-replacement strategy that includes leasing certain EMS equipment under a seven-year arrangement at an estimated cost of about $200,000 per year. He said individual cardiac monitors can cost about $65,000 apiece (there are 10), cots can approach $40,000, and Lucas devices about $25,000 each, and that leasing could save roughly $300,000 over purchasing over seven years while providing maintenance coverage.
Chief Alcorn also confirmed the territory is budgeting for a new pumper with expected delivery in February and an estimated cost of $1,100,000; the equipment replacement fund and cash reserves will be used to purchase that apparatus. Board members asked whether accident-related damage would be covered under the lease or insurance; the chief said accident damage is not covered by the lease and insurance typically does not cover such replacements fully.
