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Life expectancy and current status of FDNY fire apparatus
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Council Member Marmorato inquires about the life expectancy and costs of fire trucks and ladders. Deputy Commissioner Christoff provides detailed information on vehicle lifecycles and current fleet status.
- Pumpers are replaced before 12 years of age, ladders before 11 years
- Current average ages: pumpers (6.5 years), 75-foot tower ladders (6.5 years), 95-foot ladders (9+ years), TDAs (10+ years), rear mount ladders (8+ years)
- Replacement cycles are mandated by the UFOA contract
Kristy Marmorato
0:42:42
And what is the life expectancy for a truck or a ladder and kind of like a ballpark number for a cost?
Robert Tucker
0:42:50
Commissioner Kristoff has those numbers and she's going to give them to you with the average age of our engines, our pumpers, our ladder companies.
0:42:58
We have several different ladder companies, some rear tiller.
0:43:02
Commissioner Kristoff will give you all that.
Lizette Christoff
0:43:05
Sure.
0:43:06
So for fire apparatus, the life cycle for those is actually part of the UFOA contract.
0:43:13
So we replace the vehicles used by engine companies, pumpers, before they turn 12 years old, and we replace ladders before they turn 11 years old.
0:43:26
Right now, the average age of our pumpers is a little little less than six and a half years.
0:43:33
We have a couple different kinds of ladders as the commissioner was referring to.
0:43:36
So our 75 foot tower ladders average age is about six and a half years.
0:43:41
90 five foot ladders, a little over nine years.
0:43:45
For TDAs, it's a little over ten years, and for rear mount ladders, a little over eight years.
0:43:51
Okay.
0:43:51
So when it comes
Kristy Marmorato
0:43:52
to their life expectancy or end of life, will you have the money saved up to purchase new and when you do purchase new do you purchase like a whole fleet?