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LiberalArkie

(18,638 posts) Sun May 25, 2025, 08:01 AM May 25

Why America Is Running Out of Fire Trucks [View all]

May 22, 2025

Across America, fire departments are facing a crisis as their aging fleets deteriorate while replacements remain out of reach.
Want to know what industries are ripe for disruption.

Cities from Seattle to Atlanta are forced to watch fire truck delivery times stretch from months to 2-4.5 years, with prices skyrocketing beyond municipal budgets. What's behind this mysterious shortage threatening our communities' safety? Who benefits from these artificial backlogs and astronomical price hikes? And how are innovative entrepreneurs fighting to break this dangerous cycle?

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Why America Is Running Out of Fire Trucks [View all] LiberalArkie May 25 OP

I have always said that a nationwide effort displacedvermoter May 25 #1

It still gets down to the fact that the vulture capitalists love monopolies LiberalArkie May 25 #2

Undoubtedly, no argument there. displacedvermoter May 25 #6

A related video. Not quite the same topic, but it does get into how other countries use standard commercial trucks... JHB May 25 #3

Very good... I had wondered about all this.. Wearing out the expensive trucks for non-fires. LiberalArkie May 25 #5

I'm a member of my local fire board k_buddy762 May 25 #4

Another corporate greed story Nigrum Cattus May 25 #7

Kick dalton99a May 25 #8

Any chance you could summarize the answers? RandomNumbers May 25 #9