Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department has updated the status of the need for a replacement aerial ladder truck.

The truck is owned by the State of North Dakota, and funds repairs, over $500.  The City of Jamestown operates, maintains and insures the truck.

(Photo above, the  former the Jamestown Truck)

The current estimated repair cost is $170,000 and up.

The current estimated replacement cost is $900,000.

The report says, in August this year there was a cylinder fluid leak related to the ladder and platform basket.  The repairs were incomplete, due to damage caused during ladder testing.

In September this year, Grummen transported to Emergency Apparatus Maintenance in Lino Lakes, with estimated cost of parts, not labor or additional transportation costs, to repair the damage is $170,000.

Remaining repairs and basket, means the truck is out of commission for six months or more…after repairs begin.  The companies are waiting for instructions.

The State of North Dakota purchased the Aerial Catt Fire Truck in 1984, to be used by the Jamestown Fire Department, because it was needed at the state hospital compound.

In 2009 repairs to the Grummen totaled over $50,000, primarily because the vehicle was not used regularly and the seals were cracking from non-use.

In 2014 JFD began responding to calls other than the state hospital.  Structure fire calls require the Grummen.

Minor repairs on the cylinders have been performed annually, from 2015 to 2019.