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2024 Fire Truck Revolving Loan Program
Mission Statement To provide Illinois communities with access to low-cost capital via zero-interest and low-interest loans for the purchase of fire trucks by municipalities, a fire protection district, or a township fire department based on need as determined by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM).
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. To provide zero-interest and low-interest loans to fire departments and districts for newly purchased trucks by eligible borrowers based on an assessment of need as determined by OSFM.
    Source of Funds Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund Statutory Authority 20 ILCS 3501/825-80
    Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2024 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2023 Actual Fiscal Year 2022 Actual
    Input Indicators
    Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 13,000.0 $ 1,750.0 $ 9,100.0 $ 470.0 $ 0.0
    Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0
    Average monthly full-time equivalents 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
    Output Indicators
    Number of new participants 36.0 5.0 26.0 2.0 N/A
    Outcome Indicators
    Estimated interest costs saved based on all loans outstanding at a projected interest rate of 4% (in thousands) $ 1,096.0 $ 651.0 $ 945.0 $ 647.0 $ 754.0

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