Hello, First time poster looking for a little help!
Our fire department is in a need of a new wild lands truck. Our current fleet consists of a 2000 Pumper, 2000 gallon 1983 converted Milk truck, 1979 FMC 1300 gallon tanker, 1988 Chevy 1 ton flat bed with a volume pump on the back for filling tanker, and a 1976 Pierce Dodge PowerWagon 1 ton grass truck. We average about 80-100 calls a yr. But 1 or 2 of them a year is a 20+ acre wild land fire. Our township consists of 73% Federal Forest or undeveloped land. We would like to get a truck that is capable of really helping us during the wild land fires. The truck we have looked at seems to like is something like this... http://www.gfebrushtrucks.com/brush-truck-media.php. It is a wild land truck but the guy from the manufacture said it’s considered a mini-pumper also, what are the classifications for a mini-pumper? In the grant narrative do I want to call it a mini-pumper or a wild land or both? Also the truck has military grade "everything" it seems and could be considered overboard. A truck like that runs about $150k or more. Is this to much to ask for on the grant?
The grant narrative is written but if anyone has a successful wild land or mini-pumper narrative, it would be greatly appreciated!
Our fire department is in a need of a new wild lands truck. Our current fleet consists of a 2000 Pumper, 2000 gallon 1983 converted Milk truck, 1979 FMC 1300 gallon tanker, 1988 Chevy 1 ton flat bed with a volume pump on the back for filling tanker, and a 1976 Pierce Dodge PowerWagon 1 ton grass truck. We average about 80-100 calls a yr. But 1 or 2 of them a year is a 20+ acre wild land fire. Our township consists of 73% Federal Forest or undeveloped land. We would like to get a truck that is capable of really helping us during the wild land fires. The truck we have looked at seems to like is something like this... http://www.gfebrushtrucks.com/brush-truck-media.php. It is a wild land truck but the guy from the manufacture said it’s considered a mini-pumper also, what are the classifications for a mini-pumper? In the grant narrative do I want to call it a mini-pumper or a wild land or both? Also the truck has military grade "everything" it seems and could be considered overboard. A truck like that runs about $150k or more. Is this to much to ask for on the grant?
The grant narrative is written but if anyone has a successful wild land or mini-pumper narrative, it would be greatly appreciated!
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