Thanks loudbang for those 1953 Motorama pics. No plazma cutters, tig or mig welders in those days. I'm not even sure there were cutoff wheels or sawzals Those guys were genuine craftsmen.
I've eaten in the lunch place to the right- had a great portrait of 'Mountain Man' George Manchur in there. I miss Manchur's badly.
Reasons you want to become a fire man: "I want to polish the fire truck"..... wrong!.........Correct answer is: "I want to serve the public by polishing the fire truck"....Ding , Ding ,Ding...... you are hired