Regular Fire Board Meeting - September 25, 2019

10/23/2019

Ganado Fire District: Nation’s fire department not pulling its weight - Navajo Times

He also added that some of the re ghters with Ganado Fire District were part of the Navajo Nation Fire Department Academy. Williams said the tribal department has reached out to non-tribal re districts, including Ganado, to establish a memorandum of agreement with them, but hasn’t received any response. As for the $8 million, Williams said they are nally getting a new eet of re trucks and a lot of that money is going there. The trucks they are currently using are 12 years old, and by National Fire Protection Association standards a truck should only be used for 10 years. But in some New Mexico re stations operated by the Nation, some of the trucks are about 26 years old. “Most of the money is being used to purchasing new and updated equipment per National Fire Protection Association standards,” said Williams. “The costs do increase with each new mandate NFPA requires. We need to better serve our Navajo people with new and updated, reliable equipment.” LOC Vice chair Otto Tso, who was also a member of LOC when the reallocation legislation was passed, told Ganado Fire District that “it don’t hurt” to ask for help from the Navajo Nation, especially in the form of an MOA, or for some of the sales tax funds.

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