The Longview City Council could, for the first time, adopt a long-term, sustainable fire apparatus replacement program. Five are reserve vehicles that are used when a frontline vehicle is down for maintenance or repairs. Also, the five reserve apparatus are in some cases years past their useful life. It’s difficult to use those reserve vehicles because they’re unreliable, he said. Grimes presented a couple of financing options through Pierce to order replacement units through Siddons-Martin.