New turnout coats, pants, hoods and gloves for firefighters, plus 32 air cylinders past their service life, on Tuesday's council agenda

Prosper's firefighters would get a round of new protective gear under two purchases on the Town Council's consent agenda for Tuesday, Oct. 27.

The larger buy, $97,813.62 from the Alabama-based vendor NAFECO (North American Fire Equipment), covers bunker gear and other protective clothing. Fire Chief Stuart Blasingame's memo to the council says it is part of the scheduled replacement of existing gear needed to stay in line with NFPA 1851, a National Fire Protection Association standard.

The NAFECO quotation in the council packet lists:

15 turnout coats and 15 pairs of matching pants: 13 sets for firefighters, one for a captain and one for an assistant chief.
95 particulate-blocking hoods.
100 pairs of firefighting gloves in sizes from small to triple extra large.
Four leather helmets.

The town would buy the gear through a BuyBoard cooperative purchasing contract, and the memo says the money is already in the approved budget.

Air cylinders at end of life

The second item would spend up to $51,746.69 with Municipal Emergency Services for 32 air cylinders used with self-contained breathing apparatus, the air packs firefighters wear inside burning buildings. According to the fire chief's memo, the cylinders now in use have run out their approved service life and have to be pulled from use.

The purchase was approved and funded in the fiscal 2026-27 budget "to ensure state compliance," the memo says, and would be made through a Sourcewell cooperative contract.

Town staff recommends approval of both purchases. Items on the consent agenda are usually approved together in a single vote unless a council member or staff asks to pull one for separate discussion.

The same consent list includes two Chevrolet Silverado crew cab trucks for the Police Department, at $72,723 and $43,002 with equipment installed. The council meeting begins at 6:15 p.m. at Town Hall, 250 W. First St.

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