Alpharetta to pay $2.3M for firefighting vehicles
The Alpharetta City Council has approved spending $2.3 million for two replacement fire engines and a fire aerial ladder truck.
The apparatus will be built by Pierce Manufacturing Inc., purchased from Ten-8 Fire and Safety Equipment of Georgia and financed by Banc of America Public Capital Corp., according to a staff report prepared for the Council.
The engines, also known as “pumpers,” and the ladder truck will replace two existing Pierce engines and a Pierce ladder truck acquired in 2007. The existing units will be placed in the Public Safety Department’s reserve fleet. Another pair of pumpers and a ladder truck in the reserve fleet will be declared surplus.
Alpharetta has eight fire apparatus on active duty: six engines, one ladder truck and one air/light truck. The new units will be paid for by Banc of America capital leasing financing with a term of 10 years and interest rate of 2.075 percent for the engines, and term of 13 years and interest rate of 2.25 percent for the ladder truck.
