The fire apparatus examples are no exaggeration, either. 2017 my city bought a Pierce ladder truck for $1.1M. The same-specced model that we ordered at the sta

The fire apparatus examples are no exaggeration, either. 2017 my city bought a Pierce ladder truck for $1.1M. The same-specced model that we ordered at the start of 2025 was $2M. Our ambulance costs have gone from $250K to $250K. Engines from $400K to $800K. And everything takes years - we're having to order multiple years ahead of time. Even a "simple" brush truck we waited for 30 months for delivery (and that's counting day 1 being "the day the Ford chassis was delivered to the factory for the brush truck build").