Fire officials face ‘skyrocketing prices, brutal backlogs’ replacing aging vehicles in Clark County

Fire officials face ‘skyrocketing prices, brutal backlogs’ replacing aging vehicles in Clark County

In April 2020, just one month into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vancouver Fire Department replaced one of its aging fire engines with a new rig that cost $614,000. Today, that same fire engine, built by the same manufacturer to the same specifications, will cost Vancouver taxpayers $972,000 and take twice as long to arrive. Read more...