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Board backs exploring antitrust and statewide action on fire apparatus supply delays
Summary
The supervisors unanimously directed staff to explore legal and advocacy options — including statewide and national coordination, outreach to justice officials and potential affirmative litigation on antitrust grounds — after firefighters and chiefs warned of multi-year delays and rising costs for fire engines.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 9 to direct the chief administrative officer and county counsel to explore legal and advocacy responses to apparent market consolidation in the fire apparatus supply chain.
Supervisor Tara Lawson Reamer said firefighters across the county reported waits of three to four years for new fire engines — where deliveries once took 12 to 14 months — leaving crews to operate aging apparatus that can break down, overheat in desert conditions and lack modern safety features.
Lawson Reamer told the board the county should consider antitrust and affirmative litigation strategies similar to past county actions against opioid manufacturers and…
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