As part of upgrades to its firefighting equipment, the Colorado Springs Fire Department unveiled three of its new, state-of-the-art pumper trucks Wednesday. The single cost for one of the vehicles was $500,000, KOAA-TV reports.
That expense is part of the reason why the department has needed to keep its equipment operating for nearly two decades in some cases. The new pieces of apparatus were specifically designed for Colorado Springs and were built with shorter wheelbases, larger storage area and more powerful engines, according to KOAA.
