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Delaware Live: From Delaware Firehouses to a National Mission — Former Volunteer Firefighter Builds Marketplace Helping Departments Save Millions

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May 11, 2026


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Delaware Live: From Delaware Firehouses to a National Mission — Former Volunteer Firefighter Builds Marketplace Helping Departments Save Millions

Delaware Live profiles Martin Hunt, a former volunteer firefighter with the Hockessin Fire Company and other Delaware-area departments, who founded Garage — an online marketplace that lets fire departments across all 50 states buy and sell equipment more efficiently. Trucks on the platform sell in an average of 33 days versus six months through traditional methods, at a time when new ladder trucks cost over $2 million with wait times of up to five years. What began in Delaware firehouses has grown into a national network helping departments recover more value from aging apparatus and keep emergency vehicles on the road.

Read the full article at Delaware Live.