Monster Excursion spotted!
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And he's not the only one, I could provide a long list of supposedly great shows that I have never seen. Yet somehow I manage to lead a happy and somewhat productive life, just one without a lot of TV time.
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I spent 30 years running with a fairly busy suburban Volunteer Fire Dept (700/750-ish responses a year) and in our area the typical planned like cycle for new apparatus was 20 years for Pumpers/Engines, 20 years for Rescue Trucks, 25 years for Aerial Ladder Trucks and 15/25 years for Utility/Command type rigs like an EX would be. We didnt have any Ambulances at our station but the busy ones seem to get replaced at 10 years or so.
Now many times these rigs would be sold at the end of that planned life cycle to far less busy rural Departments where they would continue to serve for years. As an example, back in 1980 we replaced a 1959 American LaFrance Pumper with a new E-One Pumper. That '59, which had served as our Second Due Pumper since '65 was sold to a very rural Dept in TX where it was going to be their First Due Pumper. That made us feel very fortunate for the financial support we received from our Local Government and community, not everyone in that business is so lucky.
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