VIDEO: What started as a Facebook Marketplace listing has turned into a years-long passion project for Yuma firefighter Raul Carlos.
Carlos, who has spent the last 10 years in the fire service, found the vintage 1978 Pierce fire engine online and knew he couldn’t pass it up.
“When I saw it, the listing was posted maybe a couple days, and it was one of those where I knew I had to do it,” Carlos said.
The fire engine has a long history.
Originally built for a fire department in Ohio, it later made its way to Arizona, where several owners began restoring it before Carlos took over the project.
Despite its new purpose, the truck still operates much like a traditional fire engine.
“You have a captain, you have a driver, or what we call engineers,” Carlos explained. “All these switches control how you get water to your nozzles and your hoses.”
But inside the truck’s compartments, the story changes.
Carlos is converting the fire engine into a mobile tap truck featuring eight taps capable of serving everything from nitro cold brew and lemonade to mocktails and other specialty drinks.
KYMA-DT CBS/NBC 13 Yuma
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