Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services is adding three shiny-new pumper trucks to its firefighting fleet, but city officials say buying Canadian isn’t going to happen in this case.
We’re paying Safetek Emergency Vehicles of Abbotsford, B.C. a total of $5,191,722 for three Smeal/Spartan Metro Star pumpers, but the chassis and cabs won’t be made in Canada.
They’ll be manufactured in the United States and shipped to British Columbia for completion.
No Canadian manufacturer builds fire trucks entirely on our side of the border, city councillors were told last week.
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