Stop idling at incidents unless absolutely necessary and make fewer non-emergency trips. Those actions are what officials at the Wichita Fire Department hope will make their fuel budget more realistic with rising costs. They were $20,000 over last year and looking at around $200,000 over for this year. More here from KSN.
Last week, FireTruckBlog told you about the Cape Coral Fire Department’s maintenance troubles. (Previous post is here.) Now, the WZVN reports Lee County won’t fix the fleet after a councilman questioned the report.
“I spoke to a couple of the commissioners. I spoke to a member of the Lee County fleet that told me several days after the report was released that there were inaccuracies in the report,” (Cape Councilman Marty) McClain said during the Monday meeting.
That story is here.
And WINK’s follow-up report includes problems with a pressure surge valve on one apparatus and a rig which had one oil change in three years. WINK’s full story is here.
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Remember the Missouri department fighting to keep its pumper after an insurance problem? (FireTruckBlog’s previous post is here) STLToday.com reports the court hearing for the issue surrounding Kinloch Fire Protection District’s apparatus was postponed — the bank’s attorney was given time to file an updated suit. More here on STLToday.com.
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