๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Fire trucks arenโt cheap, and neither is the life-saving equipment on them. Hereโs a breakdown of the ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ cost of various apparatus necessary to keep our departments ready to respond to emergencies:
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ (๐ฃ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ): $600,000 โ $900,000
๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ธ: $150,000 โ $300,000+
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ/๐ง๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ: $250,000 โ $500,000+
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ธ: $300,000 โ $1 million+
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐: $50,000 โ $150,000+ (varies by size and equipment)
๐๐ง๐ฉ/๐จ๐ง๐ฉ: $20,000 โ $50,000+ (depends on modifications)
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐’๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐! ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
The current funding structure, relying on limited county allocations and municipal support for some departments, is not sustainable to meet the demands of Washington Countyโs growth. As our population and emergency needs increase, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
This is why sustainable funding matters!! ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ Washington ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ #๐ญ to ensure our fire departments have the equipment they need to protect our growing community!
๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
