The first of four remounted ambulances was accepted by South Kitsap Fire & Rescue Jan. 8, according to Fire Chief Steve Wright.
The arrivals will come on a three- to four-month rotation. The next is to be available for acceptance by SKFR later in the spring.
Wright said the ambulance is in the fire district’s shop and getting readied for equipment modification and installation. He said the work will take at least a month before it can be placed into service.
The ambulance was not purchased with bond funds that voters approved in November, Wright said.
Funds generated through the $4.9 million bond measure will replace much of the district’s existing fleet of 13 fire engines, six of which are at least 25 years old and well past their operational lifetime. Two are more than 15 years old and four are more than 10 years old.
The sale of the bonds for general-obligation funding took place Dec. 17.
It followed a presentation to Standard and Poor’s financial group, where afterward SKFR received a AA- bond rating, he added. Revenue from the sale is now in the SKFR account.
“At this point, we have committees actively designing the specifications for the apparatus,” Wright said. “Prices are being worked out based on those specs.”
The fire chief said he hopes to place orders for the main apparatus — six engines and five tenders — in the first quarter this year.
“Build time varies but it will most likely be nine months to a year before we receive the apparatus here at the agency,” he said.
The arrivals will come on a three- to four-month rotation. The next is to be available for acceptance by SKFR later in the spring.
Wright said the ambulance is in the fire district’s shop and getting readied for equipment modification and installation. He said the work will take at least a month before it can be placed into service.
The ambulance was not purchased with bond funds that voters approved in November, Wright said.
Funds generated through the $4.9 million bond measure will replace much of the district’s existing fleet of 13 fire engines, six of which are at least 25 years old and well past their operational lifetime. Two are more than 15 years old and four are more than 10 years old.
The sale of the bonds for general-obligation funding took place Dec. 17.
It followed a presentation to Standard and Poor’s financial group, where afterward SKFR received a AA- bond rating, he added. Revenue from the sale is now in the SKFR account.
“At this point, we have committees actively designing the specifications for the apparatus,” Wright said. “Prices are being worked out based on those specs.”
The fire chief said he hopes to place orders for the main apparatus — six engines and five tenders — in the first quarter this year.
“Build time varies but it will most likely be nine months to a year before we receive the apparatus here at the agency,” he said.
