Getting ahead of the need, Ottawa City Hall is ordering a new fire truck and two ambulances. Orders are taking two or more years to complete. The city’s still waiting for a tower truck the fire department ordered in January.
To try to make sure the city can replace other vehicles when it needs to, Ottawa’s city council last night approved around $1.6 million in purchases to be completed possibly as late as 2026. Commissioner James Less says the two ambulances costing up to $348,181 each would arrive at different times: 2024 and 2025.
The fire truck could take three-and-a-half years. Its cost is $948,000.