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A new truck cost $850,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. even if you have to spend another $25,000.00 to fix the engine you're still $800,000.00- $950,000.00 ahead.

Granted I don't know all the hidden BS you have to go through when dealing with the government and procurement, and regulations. I don't know if you can just go down the street to Joe the mechanic, or if you have to go to some "Fire Equipment specialty engine service" where the mechanic has more letters after their names than a brain surgeon. I know that the following is true:

A fire truck is a serviceable piece of equipment not like a car. The engine is only one component of that whole. In a tractor trailer the engine is rebuilt again and again while the cab and frame can be good for millions of miles. Then if the engine and transmission had recently been replaced or the truck was new but the frame and cab was damaged you can buy a "glider kit" that replaces the cab and front axle, but you transfer the engine transmission and rear end from the original truck at a great savings from new.

all of you "armchair critics" don't get it. You're just looking to place the blame. the only real problem here is they will have to put off buying the new unit for another year. If they don't make this molehill into a mountain? The unit could be back in service in less than a month.