Fire fleet maintenance - august 2024
Fire Fleet Maintenance - August 2024
Released August 2024 Download full report here Download highlights here We undertook this audit to address concerns about the shortage of fire vehicles. Our recommendations to the Public Works commissioner is to provide a stable funding source for vehicle acquisition, to ensure that fire apparatus are operational and maintenance staff qualifications are documented, to improve inventory processes, and to ensure apparatus are properly maintained and to comply with City Policies. |
We found:
- Public Works did not have an existing fleet replacement strategy, resulting in the city using fire vehicles beyond their lifecycles and, in some cases with significant mechanical issues.
- The city's primary financing sources the GMA (Georgia Municipal Association) revolving loan fund was inadequate to meet all fleet needs.
- From 2018 to 2023, Fleet Services met its preventive maintenance service level agreements for fire apparatus 80% of the time, but about 18% of fire apparatus had not received preventive maintenance services for over a year.
- Fire and Fleet Services leadership each told us that turnover in the fire shop was a problem.