Twenty cities and municipalities are suing private equity firms whom they allege have cornered the market in fire truck manufacturing, creating artificial scarcity and degrading the quality of emergency services.
am firefighter here in new england. we just took delivery a year ago of a 100’ aerial apparatus that was well over $1,500,00. It’s a Smeal mid mount tower. Took over a year to build. The prior admin “waited” on getting town’s approval and in that wait time, the price went up well over 300k.
oh and after delivery it was blowing hydraulic lines here and there, due to build quality.
am firefighter here in new england. we just took delivery a year ago of a 100’ aerial apparatus that was well over $1,500,00. It’s a Smeal mid mount tower. Took over a year to build. The prior admin “waited” on getting town’s approval and in that wait time, the price went up well over 300k.
oh and after delivery it was blowing hydraulic lines here and there, due to build quality.
it is absolutely insane.
Ok thanks after reading that now I need to go rage-smash a couple of boulders to pieces with a giant sledgehammer.