These radios aren't cheap (not saying they're justified). The ones we just got issued in my county's fire departments were over $9,000 each. But they are both

These radios aren't cheap (not saying they're justified). The ones we just got issued in my county's fire departments were over $9,000 each. But they are both VHF and UHF, fully watertight, connect to our SCBA packs, can give precise location info (UWB as well as GPS, I believe), can withstand high heat, are 'intrinsically safe' (which I gather to mean that even if dropped the battery / pack / terminals should not arc, which could be a problem in a hazmat/flammable gas situation) and are very heavy duty. Again, not saying it's worth that, but also a lot more going on than the HT1250s they're replacing, which go for about $150 on eBay now.