Fire-EMS district discusses expenses, truck purchases

Fire-EMS district discusses expenses, truck purchases

KEY LARGO — Procedural items and fire-rescue truck acquisitions were a topic of the May 19 Key Largo Fire and EMS District board meeting. The board discussed the price of a tanker truck the district is pursuing, which depends on…

Monterey Purchasing Two Fire Trucks

The Monterey Fire Department will purchase two used fire trucks in an effort to upgrade the fleet. Monterey Fire Chief Kevin Peters said two of the department’s current trucks are models from the 1970s and that the new trucks will be a 30-year improvement. Peters said one of the newly purchased fire trucks is a ladder truck. “Well, the other ones would not pass the pump test or the aerial test that they have to go through every year to get certi…