Just want to throw some facts on top of this post. I'm a 20 year Emergency Vehicle Technician specializing in all things Fire Truck.
This ratio of down trucks does not feel high to me.
The majority of the trucks in this video have no hose, which means more than likely they are being sold.
I currently have one truck out of service out of 14 and I have been waiting on a vital pump part for 6 weeks.
Parts availability is very difficult these days as most of the specialty or big stuff is made when ordered.
90% of the issues we have are with emmisions devices. They were almost all designed for over the road trucks and the run cycle of a fire truck is drastically different. ( I'm in Florida so emmisions aren't a big deal inspection wise but still cause drivabilty issues)
Emissions control device exemption on fire trucks could lower the overall budget needs by probably 30% ( military used to have this Biden changed it though, I believe)
I'll add more if anything comes to mind feel free to ask any questions you might have. 👊
Also I wanted to add the fire budget being cut by 17mil to me means almost nothing. The total budget is $850 Million, 17 is a drop in the bucket
I have a fren who was/is on a task force sent to Key West to deal with migrants. In his official briefing they were instructed how to process boat loads of people INTO the U.S. However by the second day he realized that boats from certain starting points were flown back to their starting country within 24 hours. Somewhat confirm what I'm seeing in this post.
This is a reverse swerve orchestrated by big tobacco.
Phillip Morris makes (lots) money selling cigarettes, A competitor pops up in the form of vaping so they buy the largest one Juul. Then through lobbying and spreading tons of disinformation big tobacco gets the government to mandate them to stop selling evil vapes. (This is the precursor to banning all vape products is my prediction.) Meanwhile the government mandates that cigarette nicotine be reduced to almost nothing, which in turn becomes people consuming many more cigarettes.
Way more profit in cigarette production than selling plastic from China. Follow the money boys and girls.. always follow the money.
That's right, it's called being a public servant. Anyone worth their salt understands that you will make sacrifices in your personal life for the greater good of your calling to the public. Maybe one of them is having a child, so either stop be selfish or choke on a feed bag of dicks!
Had pretty awesome control the entire flight before being near the glide path.