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Monday, April 25, 2016

Garden City Fire District Mulls Large Equipment Purchases

Chris S. Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. April 21, 2016.  The Garden City Fire District Board held its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. in the fire station.  All members were present.

The work on the policies and procedures manual update is continuing, one section at a time.  When finished the whole new manual will be approved.

The new cover for the rescue boat is about finished and within a few days the boat will again be on duty in the marina.  Some engine work on one of the outboards was also needed and has been done.

Chief Mike Wahlberg initiated a discussion about whether the next large equipment purchase should be a big ladder truck or a new engine.  The new engine costs significantly less than the ladder truck.  In either case, there will have to be modifications to the station and potential solutions were initially discussed.  It was noted that the fire station is designed to serve as the county Emergency Operation Center should the Rich County main building be unavailable and modifications need to keep that fact in mind.


Fire vehicle brush 43 has had a transmission failure and will be repaired.  Costs are not known.  The board approved a modification to the building to adapt plumbing to permit installation of a washing machine for the personal protective gear and also approved the purchase of a commercial grade washer.  It is often the case that the protective gear gets toxic material on it during a fire fight and the equipment is needed to remove such potential health hazards.

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