The city will spend $134,450 for a new Medix fire medic unit from Penn Care of Niles, Ohio, through the Ohio Department of Administrative Services contract.
Adkins said in addition to the medic unit, the city will need to spend an additional $2,000 on a four-camera video system as well as $18,178 for a Stryker power lift cot, bringing the total vehicle cost to $154,628.
Adkins said the city has tried to keep costs down by reusing the patient care box when the chassis wears out. In the case of the 2011 International unit, which has a larger chassis, that has not worked well. He said the smaller van-style chassis works better for the city’s application of reusing patient care boxes that can be remounted with minimal adaptations.
The Division of Fire currently has a 2009 Braun medic unit in service as a front line vehicle with a 1999 patient care box. The 1999 box has been on two chassis already.
Adkins said the Division of Fire’s 20-year plan calls for a new medic unit to be purchased in 2017, moving the 2009 Braun back to reserve status, and eliminating the 2011 International from the fleet.
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