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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:10 pm
Military stops surplus gear to rural firemen Equipment that doesn’t meet EPA metrics gets scrapped, program too
Maureen Hayden and Janelle Stecklein CNHI
INDIANAPOLIS — A government program that sent spare military trucks, tankers and other vehicles to rural fire departments throughout Indiana has dried up, potentially putting small towns and county governments on the hook for expensive, new equipment.
The U.S. Department of Defense has cancelled a program that gave $150 million worth of extra equipment each year to small fire departments across the country. About $12 million worth of surplus equipment is now on loan to more than 250 volunteer fire departments in Indiana.
Engines in the vehicles did not comply with government’s air pollution control standards, according to Jennifer Jones, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service, which has acted as an intermediary matching surplus vehicles with states that needed them.
http://www.tribstar.com/news/x176012231 ... al-firemen
Maureen Hayden and Janelle Stecklein CNHI
INDIANAPOLIS — A government program that sent spare military trucks, tankers and other vehicles to rural fire departments throughout Indiana has dried up, potentially putting small towns and county governments on the hook for expensive, new equipment.
The U.S. Department of Defense has cancelled a program that gave $150 million worth of extra equipment each year to small fire departments across the country. About $12 million worth of surplus equipment is now on loan to more than 250 volunteer fire departments in Indiana.
Engines in the vehicles did not comply with government’s air pollution control standards, according to Jennifer Jones, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service, which has acted as an intermediary matching surplus vehicles with states that needed them.
http://www.tribstar.com/news/x176012231 ... al-firemen