We continue to work to transform on our newest addition to our team fleet, the old Mack better known as Engine 210 of the Santee Circle Fire Department and the former Engine 33 of the Goose Creek Rural Fire Department. We are working to reveal its new identity by the end of April and hope you all will be as excited as we are about its new mission. I can tell you it will be a multi-purpose truck designed to continue to support our fire and EMS families.
Today, as we worked on what we will now call the Road Runner, I couldn’t help but think of all the action this old truck has seen over the years. If it could talk, I’m sure we would hear stories of major fires, automobile accidents, the other mayhem in its history and the events like parades and school visits with many children crawling over it enjoying the dream of one day being a firefighter. Then there would be the days of training when many young firefighters would try to master the clutch and shifting gears before realizing that this old fire wagon had a mind of its own. Then, the time would come when you learned to not let it beat you but instead you learned how to drive it like a pro. Remembering the days when the Federal Q was hot after being wound out all the way responding to a call and the sound of the air brakes hissing as the truck screeched to a stop always reminds us of the excitement of the job.
As we buffed and rubbed this afternoon to remove the old letters, I somehow had the feeling that it was telling me to not erase its history for it was hard earned. Quite the contrary my friends as we promise to add to the history of a grand old truck. Stay tuned for updates as we progress!
