We flew in here Thursday night from Florida and are going to the memorial event. People here locally (clearly left lunatics) are aghast that we came here for this event. Actually going as far as backing up a full step to put physical distance between us the my we tell them.. It's wild!
Stopped at TPUSA head quarters yesterday and the vibe was overall sad but very positive support all around. Lots of young adults coming and going was great to see!
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.
What's it at so far? I Don't X.. Or Facebook, Or Insta for that matter.. This place is as social as I get.