Zooming in
The Humble Fire Rescue and EMS Department will purchase a new brush truck for $499,992, according to Sept. 11 City Council meeting documents. The truck will be funded by Texas Division of Emergency Management funds the city receives each time the local fire department is deployed to help with statewide emergencies, City Manager Jason Stuebe said Sept. 11.
Humble Fire Rescue will be trading in an unused truck for the brush truck, which features a 500-gallon tank, Stuebe said. The purchase will have a “net zero impact” for the city’s budget, he added.
“[It] will actually kind of act as a third reserve pumper here, but that can also be deployed on these major fires out elsewhere in Texas,” Stuebe said.
Diving in deeper
The Humble Police Department will receive $180,103 in U.S. Department of Agriculture funds to purchase 29 handheld and dash-mounted radios, according to meeting documents.
