NCFPD approves lease purchase agreement for two engines

The North County Fire Protection District approved a lease purchase agreement for two new Type 1 fire engines the district will be acquiring.

A 5-0 NCFPD board vote last month approved the lease purchase agreement in which the fire district will make 60 quarterly payments of $33,494.99. The first payment will be due Aug. 1, 2019, and the final payment is due May 1, 2034.

“We’re at a point where we can get our fleet up to speed,” NCFPD fire chief Steve Abbott said.

The district currently has five active and two reserve structural fire engines.

“The last engine we bought was in 2012,” Abbott sai...