OLD AND NEW TOGETHER

I SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER WITH THE CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD TWO OLD RIGS ONE THAT BELONGED TO THE CAREER SIDE AND ONE THAT THE VOLUNTEERS OWNED.

I LOVE THE ANTIQUE RIGS AND ONE THING THAT HAS ALWAYS AMAZED ME IS HOW FIREFIGHTERS LIKE MY FATHER KEN BUTCHER (VOLUNTEER WITH THE GARDENVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT IN THE LATE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S) DID WHAT THEY DID AND FOUGHT THE FIRES THEY DID WITH THE RIGS THAT THEY HAD.

PICTURED IN THIS PICTURE IS ENGINE ONE OF THE CITY OF SCOTTSBLUFF BOTH THE OLD AND THE NEW.