Cost of a run-of-a-mill new fire-truck is around $200k to $400k...depending upon options. So just having ten of the city fire-trucks in the maintenance yard...figures around $3-mil of assets with no use.
What hasn’t been laid out is the maintenance staff cut by the 2024 budget situation.
NOPE.
The cost of a new FIRETRUCK is between $750K to $1 MILLION US dollars. This is a model that 4-5 people can ride in the cab.
I am involved in the group working on the purchase of a new tanker/pumper fire truck for my town in NH.
We have been putting $75K annually in a reserve fund for several years. We also got a federal grant. The balance will be bonded.
When we started looking at replacing our existing truck they were about $650K. Then $750. Now about $1MM.
Cost of a run-of-a-mill new fire-truck is around $200k to $400k...depending upon options. So just having ten of the city fire-trucks in the maintenance yard...figures around $3-mil of assets with no use.
You have not bought a fire truck lately, The start at a cool million fully equipped and go up from there. $250,000 for an ambulance.