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Yes, but still cheaper than handheld infrared cameras and from the looks of it much more effective and user-friendly!

Imagine that, a major refinery fire and a fire that sinks the largest ship in the Navy on the same day? I think maybe it's really our US special forces had something to do with that!

That's certainly a place it would not be very usable. Water supply in California is very limited and it would be difficult to find a large enough water supply to supply this beast, especially near a wildfire.

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/05/30/crews-put-out-fire-after-explosion-at-west-va-oil-refinery/

Well it certainly sounds like they had a reason they specified it, it will be interesting to see if they follow through with their original intent for its use and where they end up stationing it!

I knew that but why bother putting it on it all if you can't see it?

What's the sense in having the lettering on the grill? It's barely readable while the white lettering on the bumper really stands out. It seems like it's just a waste.

They are on a seven year replacement schedule which is written into the union contract. The specified frontline service for all rigs as specified in the contract, it varies by type of unit. Normal replacement however currently takes a year or two past the stated replacement time due to contract...

Just because I'm in Kentucky now doesn't mean that where I've always been. I've been there done that in NYC and several other places across the nation. Don't kick somebody in the butt unless you know what they have done and what they are doing. Many of the people you are criticizing provide a...

? Who died and made you the purveyor of what's right and wrong? If these people that you call "losers" were really causing any disruption of FDNY operations I'm sure the FDNY command structure would have them taken care of quite quickly. As it is may provide great insight to FDNY operations for...

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/video/5587773-gas-explosion-reported-in-pikesville/

I've also heard that it's because of the duration of air in their air packs which also makes sense.

Here's another report about the fire, it involved wood pellets: https://www.news4jax.com/video/morning-show/2021/05/03/brunswick-ga-pellet-warehouse-fire/

It certainly looks like a interesting and handy device. I wonder how powerful of a drill it takes? It seems like for some wood types it would take a pretty powerful drill (1/2"?).

Along the same line higher population density normally means more high-rise buildings which also increases the need for truck companies.

I just looked up LA County and according to Wikipedia they have about 2800 employees. They work 3 shifts so at any given time they have about 900 firefighters on duty. Also, I'm not sure if having so many chief officers and staff available to respond if necessarily a good thing in many cases.

Do you think that many have that many firefighters on duty at one time? I'm betting it's considerably less than that. I was thinking that Atlanta would have that many but their total staffing is only about 1200., Miami is only 2700, Boston 1500, Dallas 2000... The only departments I found with...

My guess would be that they found they weren't being used so they omitted them from the bid specifications.

That's a possibility but for a contract as big as this 1 was you would think that making a modification to their design wouldn't be that big of deal for a large quantity of trucks. Obviously it would be a major issue for a very small order.

I wonder that myself, actually, many companies will rebid a contract if there is only one bidder. With only one bidder the bidder is basically setting whatever price they want for an item.