Those 'All Electric' Fire Trucks are a
Sad Joke
Hot Air,
by
Jazz Shaw
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
5/27/2024 9:49:11 PM
New Mexico Democratic Governor Michelle Grisham was recently excited to announce that the state's Environment Department was awarding a nearly half-million dollar grant to Bernalillo County to partially finance the purchase of a new "all-electric" fire truck for their fire department. (snip) a Pierce Volterra battery electric fire engine was more than $1.8 million. (snip) The supposedly "all-electric" fire engine has a diesel engine in it. The pumps that actually deliver the water to put out fires run off of the diesel engine and the truck itself can run off of diesel when the battery inevitably runs out.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
BarryNo 5/27/2024 10:04:17 PM (No. 1726205)
Considering all the problems electric vehicles have with water, I can't wait for the first fire truck battling a blaze, to short itself out, catch fire, and then burns longer than the building, does!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
konocti95 5/27/2024 10:15:25 PM (No. 1726213)
Pizzing on my leg and telling me it's raining just took on a whole new meaning...
18 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 5/27/2024 10:37:56 PM (No. 1726219)
The voters of NM must be drinking too much fire water when they go into the voting booths. Their selection of candidates seems to reflect that.
18 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/27/2024 10:39:33 PM (No. 1726220)
This is like in an emergency when seconds count, the Cops are minutes away..........
While your house is burning down the Fire Truck is being Charged up, we'll be there in 2 hours.
How Totally STUPID this EV Crapola is!
22 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
sw penn 5/27/2024 11:56:45 PM (No. 1726245)
Too many fail to truly appreciate the poetic beauty of the
self-igniting, self-extinguishing EV marvel.
Not even the book-burning firemen of "Fahrenheit 451"
could have conceived of such an amazing thing...
17 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
slipstik 5/28/2024 12:07:38 AM (No. 1726249)
So can this glorified golf cart put itself out if IT lights on fire while on the job? Or will they have to call in the Tonka Toy ladder truck?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Venturer 5/28/2024 12:49:58 AM (No. 1726255)
The Apparatus they have now was built in 1991, that's about 30 years ago.
Do they really expect the battery on this pile of junk to last 30 years?
How much will a new battery cost, If one can be found.?
This Apparatus is really a hybrid isn't it? In this case a hybrid is some sort of Mongrel.
3 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 5/28/2024 1:07:16 AM (No. 1726260)
Not all electric because electric is a total JOKE and they could not pump water for more than a few minutes from batteries. So....it's got a diesel for REAL power and super expensive joke batteries for show.
And $1.8 million for a damned fire truck? THAT is completely insane. And it'll be a crappy, broken SLOW fire truck ---- which will probably catch fire and burn down the fire house.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
NYbob 5/28/2024 1:39:07 AM (No. 1726263)
NM Rats voters are too stupid to vote out the rats who eagerly approved this idea and waste of money.
3 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
mifla 5/28/2024 3:17:55 AM (No. 1726285)
911: "This is 911, what is your emergency?"
Caller: "I'd like to report a fire. Here is the address."
911: "We just dispatched a fire truck to that address."
Caller: "Yes, I know. That is why I am calling. The fire truck is on fire."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DiegoDude 5/28/2024 5:08:15 AM (No. 1726313)
Given the pump capacity needed on a fire truck, those batteries will drain pretty fast. You will be better off having people line up an pee on the fire.
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The ultimate irony would be a democrat whose house caught on fire due to an electric car in the garage, and the electric fire truck broke down on the way to their rescue.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/28/2024 6:44:26 AM (No. 1726334)
The stupidity of democrats knows no bounds. They never found a dollar that they couldn't waste.
5 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/28/2024 8:13:35 AM (No. 1726395)
Using an EV for anything other than a golf cart is a cruel joke. But, no one is laughing.
4 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
franq 5/28/2024 8:56:22 AM (No. 1726425)
The salesman got a hefty commission.
I remember the city with 5 electric buses, couldn't make it up hills or else in the shop.
Couldn't get spare parts, as I recall.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mc squared 5/28/2024 11:16:23 AM (No. 1726502)
When the lithium in the truck 'goes south', how do you put out that fire?
Stay tuned: I'm pretty sure this will make more news.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
padiva 5/28/2024 11:36:36 AM (No. 1726517)
Will an EV fire truck be able to recharge at the house that is on fire? /s
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