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r/Firefighting • u/FolkAndThrottle • Jun 19 '25
It came out on Radio-Canada news
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Two articles worth a read on this.
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/fire-engines-shortage-private-equity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Lk8.t1jA.0bVJQtyaZfgu&smid=url-share
Another: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-private-equity-fire-truck-roll
2 u/Inevitable_End_5211 Jun 29 '25 Thanks! My combination dept just got quoted $2.3mm for a pierce tower. Holy crap! 1 u/GuyInNorthCarolina Jul 13 '25 Did they do the “deal” where you get a discount to pay now while they get the money 2.5 years before you get it? 2 u/Inevitable_End_5211 Jul 14 '25 No idea. Above my pay grade. But they have us all over a barrel.
Thanks! My combination dept just got quoted $2.3mm for a pierce tower. Holy crap!
1 u/GuyInNorthCarolina Jul 13 '25 Did they do the “deal” where you get a discount to pay now while they get the money 2.5 years before you get it? 2 u/Inevitable_End_5211 Jul 14 '25 No idea. Above my pay grade. But they have us all over a barrel.
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Did they do the “deal” where you get a discount to pay now while they get the money 2.5 years before you get it?
2 u/Inevitable_End_5211 Jul 14 '25 No idea. Above my pay grade. But they have us all over a barrel.
No idea. Above my pay grade. But they have us all over a barrel.
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u/GuyInNorthCarolina Jun 22 '25
Two articles worth a read on this.
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/fire-engines-shortage-private-equity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Lk8.t1jA.0bVJQtyaZfgu&smid=url-share
Another: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-private-equity-fire-truck-roll