The numbers
Rescue 1
Light rescue for medicals and crashes, the calls that make up most of the department’s runs. Its replacement, the F-750 rescue pumper (500-gallon tank, 1250 GPM pump), is on order and Rescue 1 serves until it arrives.
ER1Nowthen Fire Station 1
34,626 mias of 09-18-26
In service at 21 years old. 34,626 miles.
Paper trail
- 12-12-17PaymentDown payment of $7,180 (Command Fire Apparatus)source p.23
- 12-12-17DecisionChief authorized to buy a used rescue truck in the $65,000 to $80,000 range, General Fire Fundsource p.6
- 08-12-25DecisionChief presented four replacement options and recommended a new F-750 pumper rescue with an ISO-rated pump, about $500,000source p.5
- 10-14-25OrderReplacement F-750 rescue pumper ordered for $514,090; Rescue 1 serves until delivery
Repair lines are claims of $2,000 or more, hand-transcribed from the claims registers; smaller bills exist but are not itemized, so this is not a complete maintenance history. Amounts are labeled by transaction type: an estimate or authorization is not money spent.