Fire department buys new ambulance chassis outright instead of financing it

The Terre Haute Board of Public Works and Safety approved buying a new chassis (the truck frame and drivetrain, before the ambulance box is mounted) for the fire department, paying for it outright rather than financing it. ▶︎ 0:04:42 — open the recording, cued to 4 minutes 42 seconds

A Fire Department representative told the board this repeats last year's approach — buying a chassis directly instead of financing it — which saved the department an estimated $30,000 to $40,000; the still-usable ambulance box from an older truck will be refurbished and mounted on the new chassis. ▶︎ 0:05:20 — open the recording, cued to 5 minutes 20 seconds

The department will ask the board separately for financing to pay for that box. ▶︎ 0:05:44 — open the recording, cued to 5 minutes 44 seconds