Woodbury Fire Dept Shows New Command Vehicle to Finance Committee

WOODBURY March 1, 2025 – The Woodbury Finance Committee got its first look at the Fire Department’s new $70,000 Command Vehicle at its meeting Saturday March 1st, 2025. Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan explained the updated communications and specialized gear in the week-old truck that replaced an exhausted 14-year-old vehicle. With Chief Morgan (l-r) is Deputy Finance Chair Karen McWhirter, Finance Chair Paul Zulpa, and Chair of the Board of Fire Commissioners Jim Arndt. Said Zulpa, “The town needs this to keep everyone safe. We are pleased it’s here. It’s a critically important replacement item that’s first on-scene at any emergency. It It was also fully budgeted.” Among other enhancements, the vehicle reduces the volunteer department’s paperwork load. It keeps electronic track of alerts, call-outs, mileage, fuel usage, dates, times, coordination with police and ambulances services as well as other items on a printable spreadsheet. The communication system links all department officers for command purposes. At the meeting following the presentation, Chief Morgan added that actual expenses for the department’s $358,000 fiscal year budget were three percent below estimates despite the record number of 425 call-outs last year . ###

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