By Joseph Bebon
NGT News
SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — The Sand Springs Fire Department has bought a bi-fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) truck. Last year, the City of Sand Springs was awarded a grant from INCOG and the Tulsa Area Clean Cities Coalition to help with the purchase.
Justin Hall, deputy chief of the Sand Springs Fire Department, tells NGT News the city bought the truck and had it converted to run on CNG locally in Oklahoma. The city ordered a Ford F-250 from Tulsa-based Bill Knight Ford in June. Claremore-based CASECO Manufacturing then converted the truck, and the city received the vehicle at the end of December.
According to Hall, the truck features an Altech-Eco bi-fuel CNG conversion system with a 21.2 GGE storage cylinder. The truck will replace Hall’s current incident management and command vehicle. He says the city saw the purchase as an opportunity to both save on fuel costs and reduce “dangerous emissions.”
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