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Fire Department Capital Purchase Justifications <br /> <br />1999 <br /> <br />Replacement for Engine #2 $45,000 <br />Engine fl2 is a 1979 truck that for the last several years has been plagued by maintenance issues. <br />(Water tank leaks, many wiring problems, etc.) The requested replacement will be a Suburban <br />type vehicle with no on board water or pump. The truck will be used for personal injury accidents <br />and medical situations which makeup 30-35% of the fire departments activity. The vehicle will be <br />able to carry up to five people and medical equipment along with the extrication tools. The plan is <br />to replace with a more user friendly and reliable vehicle while the current vehicle still has some <br />resale value. With a useful life of 15 years the truck will have lasted 5 years past the useful life. <br /> <br />Second Year Funding for Additional Engine #3 <br />This truck will be purchased in conjunction with the building of Station #2. Current inventory of <br />vehicles has only one truck that is rated as a structure fire vehicle (Structure or Class a Pumpers <br />must be able to produce at least 750 gpm) The city of Ramsey has the potential of having multiple <br />structure fire situations happening at same time (The May 15th storm found Ramsey with 2 <br />houses on fire from lightning strikes) <br /> <br />In addition, Ramsey is part of the Anoka C.o. unty Mutual Aid agreement which requires us to send <br />equipment and personnel to any other community in Anoka county when requested. If an Engine <br />is requested, Ramsey is left with no class A pumpers. (We do have a tanker that has a pump that <br />is rated at 500 gpm) <br /> <br />The city of Ramsey desperately needs the additional engine. The current lack of garage space will <br />need to be addressed in conjunction with the truck purchase. <br /> <br />200O <br /> <br />Replacement Fire Chiefs Vehicle ($22,000) <br />The Fire Chief is currently utilizing a decommissioned Police patrol car which has 123,000 miles <br />recorded on it. The vehicle and mobile radio in it serves as a valuable resource in sizeup and <br />communications at fire incidents. The vehicle can be identically compared to a Police patrol <br />vehicle which must be sound and reliable for response to emergency situations. The plan is to <br />replace the current vehicle with a patrol car purchased through the state bid like other Police <br />vehicles. <br /> <br />3rd Year Funding for Additional Engine #3 ($85,000) <br />See justification in 1999 <br /> <br />New Additional Extrication Tools ($15,000) <br />This purchase would equip the new engine with the ability to respond to incidents requiring <br />extrication. This would also allow each of the fire stations to act independent of each other. <br /> <br /> <br />