Central Fire brings home new truck

The Central Fire & EMS added a newly built fire truck to their fleet and station two received the vehicle Wednesday, June 15. The Central Fire & EMS had the money saved up for the truck that was built for them. The total cost of the truck was $466,000. It was built by Pierce in Appleton.

“Myself, John, Kurt and Trevor Robida drove down to Appleton to inspect the truck. A few things didn’t pass our inspection were fixed right away,” said fire chief Joe Mueller. “Truck looks great.”

“Our salesman was here Wednesday and ran through the truck. Basically, he ran a big safety powerpoint on the truck. There were so many people here we had to split into two groups to go through the truck,” said Mueller. “Don’t expect it to be in service yet, because we have to train on that truck first. Especially pump operators need to make sure they are comfortable driving the new truck.”

“One of the really nice safety features is that it sends out a signal and anyone with a Sirius radio will pick that signal up, interrupt whatever they are listening to, and tell them there is an emergency vehicle coming,” said Mueller. “No kidding,” replied Larry Oehmichen. “We get it free for five years. If we like it we can update the rest of the vehicles to have it.” said Mueller.

Other business

_ The board is still waiting on a couple municipalities to send their signed paperwork in on raising their limit they can approve from $50,000 to $100,000.

_ The district approved a motion to make necessary repairs to Tanker 31 at Mid-State. The estimated cost without removing the tank would be $5,467.44. If the tank has to be removed it could cost between $8,000-$12,000.

_ The district approved a motion to sell City Point Fire Department a fire truck for $20,000 with a payment plan to be determined.

_ The Central Fire & EMS had a total number of calls at 87, with 80 of these calls being for EMS and seven for fire services.