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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: David McCabe, Assistant Chief of Support Services
DATE: January 8, 2019
SUBJECT:
A resolution to purchase one (1) E-One brand 1500 gallon per minute fire engine from Fire Service Inc. of St. John, Indiana, for $562,795.00.
PURPOSE:
To purchase one (1) E-One brand 1500 gallon per minute fire engine which will replace a 14 year old front-line fire engine.
BACKGROUND:
The fire department depends on reliable vehicles to respond to emergency calls from its citizens. In order to ensure a reliable fleet of vehicles, equipment services has recommended vehicles be used as front line apparatus for 13 years. When a vehicle is replaced as a front-line vehicle, that vehicle is moved to reserve status, and utilized when a front-line vehicle is out of service for maintenance, or additional equipment is needed for large emergencies. At that time, the oldest reserve engine, or the one that is least reliable, is removed from service.
DISCUSSION:
Equipment services has recommended that front line fire department engines get moved to reserve status when they are 13 years old. This practice allows former front-line engines to be used as reserve vehicles that are reliable enough to be of service when the front line vehicles are in the shop for maintenance and repairs. The new engine will replace a 2005 front line engine (engine 7).
Equipment Services has recommended that AFD trade in surplus fire apparatus when replacement apparatus are purchased. Equipment Services and the fire department have received a higher trade-in value for these retired vehicles than they did from auctioning the vehicles off. Fire Service Inc. has agreed to accept reserve engine 99, a 2000 engine with over 162,000 miles on it, and will provide a credit to COA of $5,500.00 for that apparatus. The cost of the new engine is $562,795.00, which will be reduced to $557,295.00 after the trade-in credit from engine 99. Engine 7, the 2005 front line engine would then be rea...
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