South Farmingdale (NY) Brings In More Than $200k Selling Fire Apparatus on Garage

SOUTH FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK -

With the number of volunteers on the decline and budgets only getting tighter, South Farmingdale Fire Department needed a more effective way to turn surplus fire apparatus into funds for their department. Traditional methods were slow and recouped very little, so they turned to Garage with hopes of expanding their reach and selling faster.

Rather than letting the trucks sit on a broker site and waiting for someone to find them, South Farmingdale saw the power of Garage's modern marketing and streamlined product — buyers found their listings fast, and within a matter of weeks, they had already sold 3 of their surplus fire apparatus.

By leveraging a modern tool like Garage, South Farmingdale found themselves with more than $200k in additional funds to reinvest in their community— several times more than they would've gotten with other methods.

As Fire Commissioner Patrick Fullshire put it:

"The dealers would have "a guy" who might offer you $50,000 for a piece that's worth $150,000. But you took it because, what else were you going to do? With Garage, we could actually get what it was worth because it got in front of buyers all over the country."

And they're not alone. Hundreds of fire departments around the US, including many others on Long Island, have made their budgets go further by buying and selling on Garage. While the old way of doing things left buyers searching and sellers waiting, modern platforms like Garage have changed what is possible for fire departments and municipalities, bringing the right buyer and the right seller together to make the whole market more efficient. The streamlined approach has not only saved hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars, but reduced a months-long process of phone calls, paperwork, and coordination into a matter of days.

For communities like South Farmingdale, partnering with Garage has breathed new life into a process that left many in local government discouraged and frustrated. With a smoother and more efficient process, cities and towns like South Farmingdale are doing their part to keep taxpayer dollars where they should be— serving the community and keeping people safe.

You can watch the full story at https://www.fox5ny.com/video/fmc-po9gkbpn1fi2z980