In April 2020, just one month into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vancouver Fire Department replaced one of its aging fire engines with a new rig that cost $614,000. Today, that same fire engine, built by the same manufacturer to the same specifications, will cost Vancouver taxpayers $972,000 and take twice as long to arrive.
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Source: The Columbian
Fire officials face ‘skyrocketing prices, brutal backlogs’ replacing aging vehicles in Clark County
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