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CPSE Catalyst Podcast: Apparatus Purchasing (Ep. 3)

Chiefs Jason Wells and Holger Durre share strategies for navigating apparatus delivery delays

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The Catalyst Podcast from the CPSE Center for Innovation is your source for ideas and innovations to help you and your agency in its pursuit of excellence. Each month there will be conversations with leaders and experts, both from within the fire and emergency services and from other fields. You can listen to it here, the Center for Innovation website, or wherever you get your podcasts.


Episode 3 features Jason Wells, CFO, Fire Chief of the Lexington Fire Department (KY), and Holger Durre, CFO, Fire Chief of the Prescott Fire Department (AZ), discussing the Center for Innovation’s Strategic Scan on Apparatus Capital Purchasing. They shared how delivery delays are impacting their frontline and reserve fleet, the benefits of coordinating with neighboring agencies, the significance of communicating challenges with elected officials, and the importance of asking hard questions around the future of standardization. Listen here or wherever you listen to podcasts by searching “CPSE Catalyst.”


 


 
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