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12.01.26 - 15:57
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Fire Departments′ New Emergency: Affording Their Trucks (ZeroHedge)
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Fire Departments' New Emergency: Affording Their Trucks
Authored by Eric Salzman via Racket News,
When I was a kid, one of the coolest things was that every year, a few days before Christmas, our town's fire department would drive through all the neighborhoods in its gleaming fire engine with the lights flashing, giving short bursts of the siren. All the firemen were in full gear hanging off the sides, while Santa, sitting at the top, threw candy canes to us all. The fire department was special, especially to the kids whose dads or uncles were volunteers.
Illustration by Daniel Medina
These days, that truck may not be as shiny as it once was, as there are many trucks in service that should have been retired or kept only as backups because of how prone to failure they are. That's what happened in Camden, NJ, in March 2024. From NJ.com:
Camden Fire Capt. Will Johnson and his crew arrived within five minutes in Engine 8, a battle-scarred, 21-year-old truck. Flames roared from the second-floor ...
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12.01.26 - 15:01
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Branchen-Update Januar 2026 (Helaba)
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Auftragsupdate: Schlüsselbranchen im Plus --- Trend der Auftragseingänge zeigt inzwischen leicht nach oben --- Chemie: Nicht auf die Party eingeladen --- Pharma: Positives Wachstum 2025 so gut wie sicher --- Metall: Ein Hoffnungsschimmer, aber da muss mehr kommen --- Elektro: Strom der Auftragseingänge fließt wieder --- Maschinenbau: Konjunkturzyklus, der (Substantiv, maskulin) --- Automobil: Augustrückgang ist verdaut
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