Macungie Gets a Big Firetruck From Emmaus for a Little Cash
A new ladder truck can cost between $500,000 and $1 million. Macungie Fire Department got a used one for $20,000.
The Macungie Fire Department recently purchased a 1989 ladder truck from the Emmaus Fire Department for $20,000, a fraction of the more than $600,000 Emmaus spent on the truck it bought to replace it. Macungie's new truck is a boon for several reasons, including the fact that insurance companies figure a municipality's ownership of such a truck into individual homeowner rates, though the effect depends on the policy. The truck – which had but 7,000 miles on it when Macungie bought it – will respond to all dwelling and structure fires, said Macungie Fire Chief Mike Natysyn, and after being put into service on Christmas Day, has already been out a number of times. Money was collected over the past five years through fundraisers, Natysyn said…
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Christopher George
3:00 pm on Thursday, February 16, 2012
Also to Go Along with the Rant and Ravings, This new Apparatus has a pump on it and the old one did not. With the lack of personnel comes the lack of response for additional equipment. I would love to have more capibilities on the scene right away than never show up at all. The primary goal of this Apparatus should be the SAFETY OF YOUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS on Cost. I am quite sure their families… more ›