Metro Nashville will reduce its vehicle fleet by 10% and make other changes to try to save money amidst rising gas prices, reports The Tennessean. The city will eliminate 400 vehicles, reportedly saving the government more than $1.4 million a year.

The fire department already has made cut backs over the last few years. Fire Chief Steve Halford told this paper he cut back on his department’s take-home vehicles after taking the job in 2001. Halford, who also is the acting director of the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, said he’s planning cuts in both departments in the next two weeks — fire will reduce its take-home vehicles from 55 to 38, and OEM’s after-hours fleet will drop from 13 to eight. The two departments, which have nearly 1,200 employees, also will eliminate 12 vehicles from their combined fleets.