TAMRMS#: B05
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BUDGET INFORMATION REQUEST (BIR) - Firetruck and Ambulance Maintenance Repair Costs
Requested by: Councillor Hughes
Date of Request: November 5, 2025
Date Response Due: November 12, 2025
Confidential: No
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QUESTION
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Please provide the maintenance and repair costs (split if possible) for the firetrucks and ambulances for 2023, 2024, 2025 to date and expected costs, and the budgeted costs for 2026.
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RESPONSE
The following are maintenance and repair costs for 2023
Fire (including passenger vehicles) - $292,425.03 (includes $192,516.79 contracted services)
Fire (excluding passenger vehicles) - $286,752.62 (includes $192,516.79 contracted services)
Ambulance - $78,527.45 (includes $26,396.43 contracted services)
The following are maintenance and repair costs for 2024
Fire (including passenger vehicles) - $421,722.91 (includes $239,450.96 contracted services)
Fire (excluding passenger vehicles) - $410,687.79 (includes $236,862.17 contracted services)
Ambulance - $62,180.48 (includes $3,983.47 contracted services)
The following are maintenance and repair costs for 2025 YTD November 6, 2025
Fire (including passenger vehicles) - $218,274.21 (includes $73,023.53 contracted services). The projected year end expenses are $260,000.00 with $90,000.00 of that being contracted services.
Ambulance - $46,226.30 (includes $4,460.15 contracted services). The projected year end expenses are $56,000.00 with $6,000.00 of that being contracted services.
It is anticipated that 2026 will be very similar to 2025 with respect to maintenance and repair costs for the firetrucks and ambulances. As such, $260,000 of the Fleet Garage Operations budget can be attributed to Fire Services. Similarly, $56,000 of the budget can be attributed to the Ambulance fleet. The contracted services allocation did not increase for 2026, therefore the contracted services estimate for 2026 is $90,000.00 and $6,000.00, for firetrucks and ambulances respectively.
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Report Date: November 12, 2025
Author(s): Trever Sparrow, Tom Kumka
Department: Public Operations, St. Albert Transit
Department Director: Tim Saunders
Managing Director: Dinu Alex
Chief Administrative Officer: William Fletcher