Fire apparatus prices spike, straining Mich. fire department budgets

The Detroit News

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — When Canton Township Fire Chief Chris Stoecklein ordered two fire trucks in 2023, they cost roughly $600,000 apiece.

In three years, the cost of those engines has ballooned to over $1 million each. That’s a 66% spike despite 9% inflation over the same period, according to the latest records from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…

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