Chesterfield police, fire departments to get new vehicles - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
The Chesterfield Township Fire Department will soon obtain a new emergency vehicle that will help improve rescue service in the community, the fire chief recently said. Chesterfield Township Board members voted unanimously April 6 to approve the purchase of a fully-equipped Ford F550 chassis from Halt Fire/Pierce Manufacturing at a cost of about $255,000. The funds to pay for the apparatus were included in this... Fire Chief Doug Charbonneau said the vehicle will come with nearly every piece of equipment needed to make emergency runs. “It’ll roll in the door fully prepared to roll out the door,” he said. Charbonneau told the board the new truck will allow for a “big improvement” to the department’s rescue service. “What’s great about that is if we have a car, and we’ve had many of them, shoot off into a field, we can’t access them, (but) now we’ll be able to carry that Jaws unit right onto the field,” he said. In addition, the new truck is slightly smaller than the department’s previous vehicles, which has many benefits, the chief said. Source: www.voicenews.com
