Modesto is considering spending nearly $5.4 million over 10 years to lease five new fire engines and two new ladder trucks from Wisconsin-based Pierce Manufacturing. Fire Chief Sean Slamon says this is a smart way to replace aging equipment without increasing the Fire Department's cash-strapped budget.
Fire Chief Sean Slamon says this is a smart way to replace aging equipment without increasing the Fire Department’s cash-strapped budget. The money for the lease payments would come from savings from reduced maintenance costs and from money now being used to pay off the recent purchase of two Pierce fire engines. Those payments end in 2018, and the lease payments begin in 2017.
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