5-alarm blaze

Selfie, with new (fire) brush truck

It's hard to tell how big this monster is.

GOLDFIELD, NV - -  We're visiting Lydia's brother in Goldfield.  It's hard to visualize back 110 years ago, this Nevada town was a bustling mining center with 20,000 residents.  Today, it's quite a bit quieter with about 400 hardy, close-knit folks. 
     The town has a brand new fire truck (to add to a regular fire truck and a brush truck. There  are three ambulances, but they are a separate department). Luckily, somebody pulled a few strings and I got a chance to get a a short ride in the new unit.  But it was the driver who hit the lights and siren. It's a guy thing to like fire trucks
     The new unit is really like what we call in Florida a 'brush' truck (able to go off road to access fires or accidents)  This one is a brush truck steroids. It's good for providing coverage for any type of accident and fighting fires.  With four-wheel drive it can gobble up the rough sand roads and rougher terrain.  It has room for four responders plus the driver and enough gear to cover almost any situation.
     Because this is a pretty lonely area with the nearest hospital nearly 150 miles away, the volunteer fire department, police and ambulance volunteers cover plenty of ground.