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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE REPORT TO 2011 ATM
<br /> Fire
<br /> The Fire Department uses industry standards and its own experience to establish the replacement schedule
<br /> for its capital equipment. Unlike many pieces of Town equipment, fire engines and medic (rescue-
<br /> ambulances) trucks are partially custom-made and equipped, require very detailed specifications, and
<br /> typically require many months between placing the order and the delivery.
<br /> The mission of the Fire Department in the 21st century has shifted beyond traditional firefighting to
<br /> emergency services, homeland security, and community education with our firefighters now being
<br /> trained for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS). The equipment to
<br /> perform these missions has changed with new technologies for firefighting and communications, yet the
<br /> basic pumper truck, ladder truck, and rescue-ambulance are still essential to the mission.
<br /> Lexington must continue to replace its aging equipment and retain back-up capacity. The Town's 5-year
<br /> Capital Budget indicates purchasing a new ambulance in FY2012 (see Article 10(e)) and a new Ladder
<br /> Truck in FY2014. The table below includes the forecasted need for the other major capital vehicles in the
<br /> current inventory. The Department will also replace 40 sets of turnout gear in FY2012. (See Article 10(p))
<br /> At the 2009 ATM, $100,000 was appropriated ($70,300 GF under Article 19(e); $29,700 CPF under
<br /> Article 11(i)) to continue the feasibility study funded at the 2008 ATM (Article 19(k)) of how better to
<br /> preserve and renovate the Fire Department Headquarters (45 Bedford Street). After a review of the
<br /> architect's study (by Donham & Sweeney, Architects), the Board of Selectman determined that instead of
<br /> constructing a new Fire Headquarters, or remodeling and expanding the existing structure, to proceed
<br /> with an interim solution that reinforces the main equipment floor by shoring it and deferred a decision on
<br /> providing additional office space by using modular buildings. (The pressure-treated timber used for the
<br /> shoring should last for at least 15 years and, with routine maintenance, the system can last indefinitely.)
<br /> (See Article 13(k))
<br /> The increasing size of fire-fighting trucks has created a need to enlarge the door openings at the East
<br /> Lexington Fire Station so as to increase the clearance between the door openings and the fire trucks (with
<br /> their appendages),thus avoiding damage to the structure or equipment. (See Article 8(b))
<br /> Major Capital Equipment
<br /> Following is the current inventory of the Fire Department's major, capital-equipment,vehicles1'2
<br /> ordered by the year of the planned replacement funding:
<br /> Originally
<br /> Projected
<br /> Put-in- Useful
<br /> Replacement Model Year Service Life Original
<br /> Funding ID Description Purchased Date (years) Cost
<br /> FY2012(requested) M-3 Ambulance/Rescue(International,CL-3-PL Custon) 2002 Oct 2002 10 $159,050
<br /> FY2014(projected) L-1 Ladder Truck(E-One,Cyclone) 2000 Jun 2001 15 $588,000
<br /> FY2015(projected) M-2 Ambulance/Rescue(Chevrolet,CL-3-Lifeline) 2006 Apr 2006 10 $165,000
<br /> FY2017(projected) E-4 Pumper Truck(Ferrara/International) 2003 Jul 2003 13-14 $210,000
<br /> FY2018(projected) M-1 Ambulance/Rescue(Chevrolet,CL-3-Lifeline) 2009 Jul 2009 10 $204,000
<br /> FY2019(projected) E-3 Pumper Truck(E-One,Typhoon) 2005 Jan 2005 13-14 $345,000
<br /> FY2020(projected) F-1 Forestry Truck(Chevrolet,55010&S) 2008 Oct 2008 10-12 $80,000
<br /> FY2021 (projected) E-1 Pumper Truck(Ferrara, Intruder II) 2007 Apr 2008 13-14 $389,000
<br /> FY2023(projected)3 E-2 Pumper Truck(Ferrara,Inferno) 2010 Aug 2010 13-14 $544,034
<br /> Notes
<br /> 1 Includes ID series"E"(pumpers),"F"(Forestry), "L"(ladder),&"M"(Medic)with one exception: F-2 is a skid unit that is an operating-budget item
<br /> and, therefore,is not included in the capital-replacement schedule. (F-2 is used in conjunction with the F-1 truck.) Not included are ID series"C"
<br /> (cars),"H"(trailer),"S"(service vehicles,including trailer),and a light unit as they are funded from the operating budget with one exception:C-6 is a
<br /> capital-equipment item,but see footnote 2 for why it is not in the capital-replacement schedule.
<br /> 2 Another piece of capital-equipment vehicle in the inventory has ID C-6. it is a Bucket Truck(International, Model Year 1988)and it was put in
<br /> service about Nov 1988.(Original cost was not readily known.)It is used to service the remaining wired fire-alarm circuits. It is not included in the
<br /> replacement schedule as the Department is in the process of decommissioning(and removing)those wired circuits. When that is completed—which
<br /> is now hoped to be completed this calendar year—C-6 will be removed from service,sold following the surplus-equipment procedures, and not
<br /> replaced. (The delay in the decommissioning and removal reflects it is conducted by department personnel on overtime and also is weather
<br /> dependent.)
<br /> 3 Net cost was$499,034($544,034 less$45,000 for the trade-in for old E-3),but gross cost being listed as future status of a trade-in is
<br /> unknown—plus it's expected any purchase-13 years out will,as with all the other out-year purchases,at a much higher cost.
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