A little back story for this image. In March, I will have been assigned to this rig for 10 years. I am the ‘Engineer’ of the apparatus, which is really cool. What kid, at some point in their life, hasn’t said, “I want to drive a fire truck.” I have been lucky enough to do just that for a long time with the same rig. Our truck has 90,000 miles on it and we have 3 shifts. That means I have upwards of 30,000 miles of emergency apparatus drive time. Pretty crazy to think about. It isn’t like we drive to Colorado once a year, all miles are in an area of Omaha. Well, we are scheduled to get a new rig next week and this could very well be my last day with this truck. So, I figured it was only appropriate to show it off. It is getting a little tired, springs are loose, brakes are acting up, but it still runs like a champ and can corner like a sports car!
