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Dustin Burrows: “They're working with 1960s firefighting equipment and trucks…”

Featuring: Dustin Burrows, Republican | Texas House of Representatives, District 83

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Representative Dustin Burrows interviewed on Texas Talks

Published | Video Starts at 19:34

… major fire that could basically take out an entire city in the panhandle and doing that. And, you know, they're working. They're. They're basically also, you know, volunteer mechanics because They're working with 1960s firefighting equipment and trucks because they can't afford to buy new ones. and they're having to basically, you know, do welding and things to keep them up. You can't find tires to fit. 1960s, you know, trucks and fire trucks are having to patch them and things of that nature. (19:34–19:41)

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Asserts that volunteer fire departments are using outdated firefighting equipment.

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