# Fire department buys new ambulance chassis outright instead of financing it

## What happened
The Terre Haute Board of Public Works and Safety approved buying a new chassis (the truck frame and drivetrain, before the ambulance box is mounted) for the fire department, paying for it outright rather than financing it. ([4:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7Lx0KyaXE&t=282)) A Fire Department representative told the board this repeats last year's approach — buying a chassis directly instead of financing it — which saved the department an estimated $30,000 to $40,000; the still-usable ambulance box from an older truck will be refurbished and mounted on the new chassis. ([5:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7Lx0KyaXE&t=320)) The department will ask the board separately for financing to pay for that box. ([5:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7Lx0KyaXE&t=344))

## The outcome
Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded.

## Sources
- [Chassis purchase introduced, 4:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7Lx0KyaXE&t=282)
- [Estimated savings from buying outright, 5:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7Lx0KyaXE&t=320)
- [Box financing to come back later, 5:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7Lx0KyaXE&t=344)
- [Voice vote approval, 6:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7Lx0KyaXE&t=374)

*Also known as: fire department ambulance chassis · ambulance refurbishment program · special detail ambulance · Terre Haute Fire Department chassis purchase*