PIERRE — The Pierre City Commission is moving forward with replacing it’s ARFF truck at Pierre Regional Airport. ARFF stands for Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting. City Engineer John Childds says the current truck has a few years on it…
Childs was seeking the Commission’s approval of a contract with the city’s airport engineer K-L-J for design and bidding of a new truck…
An AFRR truck is a vital part of even having commercial air service at the airport…
Childs says he hasn’t seen an incident with a commercial airliner in nearly 19 years with the City of Pierre. He estimates the cost of the truck could at least 900-thousand dollars.
