You know, it's like those are numbers that I can't fathom. The two and a half million dollar fire truck is not a one off. Fire departments across the country are facing extreme price hikes for fire trucks. Here in the Thule, we purchased a truck back in 2016 at the cost of around $423,000. To buy that similar truck today we'd be looking at a million dollars and probably looking at two or three year wait time. (01:32–01:40)
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