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New engine for Westmont FD

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This entry was posted on January 17, 2021, 7:00 AM and is filed under Fire Department News, New Apparatus Order. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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• #1 by Joe on January 29, 2021 - 8:47 AM

  

  $250,000 in 1988 is equal to $546,937.87 today just based on inflation. How to account for the other ~$115,000, I’m not sure, but you’re probably right that it’s new tech and additional NFPA and safety guidelines—plus profits of the apparatus manufacturers.

  On that note, we’re still seeing roughly 20% of line of duty deaths when we’re responding to or returning from alarms. A lot of those are volunteers responding in their own vehicles, but the rate is stubbornly high regardless. Wear your seatbelts! All the safety features in the world can’t save you if you’re ejected from your rig.

• #2 by Mike C on January 29, 2021 - 7:23 AM

  

  I remember around the late 80’s I saw a P.O. for an engine and it was about $250k. Among all the new technology, inflation, and additional NFPA guidelines, apparatus has really increased in price.

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