Ark. City Needs $1.6M to Upgrade Aging Fire Fleet

Arkansas City needs 1.6 million dollars to upgrade an aging fire fleet. The chief of the fire department said that the department could not keep up with repairs and out of service time for aging units. The Courier News are the ones that reported this. Ten of the nineteen vehicles qualify for replacement.

Key Takeaways:

• The City of Russellville, Ark., needs to come up with $1.6 million to replace its fire fleet after its fire chief said the department couldn’t keep up with repairs and out-of-service time for aging units
• Ten of the department’s 19 vehicles qualify for immediate replacement, and some vehicles have become unreliable and no longer meet standards.
• The department has no fleet replacement program and is budgeted just $400,000 for replacements. Council members are working on options to fund the purchases.

“The City of Russellville, Ark., needs to come up with $1.6 million to replace its fire fleet after its fire chief said the department couldn’t keep up with repairs and out-of-service time for aging units, the Courier News reported.”

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