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HFD recently received new vehicles for Fire Prevention and Life Safety Bureau personnel. The purchase was approved by Mayor Sylvester Turner and City Council for a total of $322,096 and is part of the FY 17 & FY 18 budget. More new light duty vehicles will arrive for fire personnel in January of 2019.
“Thank you to Mayor Turner and City Council for these much needed additions to our Iight duty fleet and for continuing to fund efforts to update and invest in fire department resources,” said Fire Chief Sam Pena.
Because of other funding approved by Mayor Turner and City Council, earlier this year HFD received 8 Fire Engines, 5 Aerial Apparatus, 4 additional High Water Vehicles, and 24 new ambulances. More than $20 Million has been allocated for fire department assets, equipment, and training in the last 2 fiscal years. The projected apparatus purchases for Fiscal Year 19 includes 10 Fire Engines, 3 Aerial Apparatus and 8 Ambulances.
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