2008 Gear Update

  Tuesday, August 5th 2008

I have just received word that the gear is tentatively scheduled to be delivered in September. The tentative game plan is to deliver gear at each station - just like we have done in the past two years.

I am also researching the possibility of getting some repairs done this year as well. I will be discussing repair ideas with the officers at the commissioner meeting later this month.

The problem is that this will take some time to setup so I appreciate everyone's patience as I research this option. This is ultimately why I feel its so important to keep the gear rotation established - ultimately I want to have two sets of gear per firefighter - one old "backup" set of gear, and another "new" front-line set of gear. The idea of course is that if you need to repair the front-line set of gear, you can use your backup set while its out of service.

We have had a few repairs this year already, they typically take 2 weeks or so to complete - so that's a significant amount of time to take gear out of service - which makes the second backup set ever more important.

I'm pretty sure that next year actually marks the 4 year anniversary of the gear initiative - boy did time go by fast! That means that the firefighters who recieved the first round of gear will be getting a new set. I'll be surveying the district inventory to see how that first round is holding up - I know my personal set is showing signs of wear as its approaching 4 years old.

There is only one remaining item left - and that is to complete the fire police order this year. If you recall, this year's proposal allocated a portion of the funds to purchase fire police equipment. I will be following up with the fire police this month to close the loop on this component of the gear purchase.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me.

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