STAFFORD — The Board of Supervisors authorized more than $2 million for the purchase of new fire equipment and apparatus.
The county’s Department of Fire, Rescue uses fire engines and aerial ladder trucks as part of its all-hazard approach to emergency response.
One of the Department’s aerial ladder trucks and pumpers have surpassed their recommended service life of 10 years established by the Department’s Fleet Replacement Plan.
Atlantic Emergency Solutions, Inc. will give Stafford the aerial ladder truck at a price of $1.203 million, and FESCO Emergency Sales will provide the fire engine with a price of $775,000.
The County also purchased firefighting gear (coat and pants) commonly referred to as personal protective equipment for $125,000. The funding will cover an immediate need within Stafford’s department and will provide a second set of PPE gear for field operations personnel, which are both career and volunteer.
Along with those two purchases the county also authorized the purchase of a Caterpillar Wheel Loader which would allow staff to safely move, load and unload heavy materials. The cost of the Wheel Loader will be no more than $136,474 which was allocated in the FY 2019 CIP.
This wheel loader will help provide the staff with a safer method to load these materials. The wheel loader will also allow staff to safely load stone, sand, and topsoil into dump trucks to transport. The wheel loader will also assist with snow removal from County parking areas and entrances into County facilities.
This purchase is included in the 2019 Capital Improvement Plan.
Supervisors passed all three consent agenda items unanimously at their August 21 meeting. There was no public discussion on these topics.
