The gift is a 1959 model cab-over Mack fire engine that is meant to be used as a structure fire unit. Â
"It’s got jump-seats behind the cab for two firefighters and regular seats for the driver and one more in the cab. It’s got a tank that has room for about 500 gallons of water and pumps that still work," Craighead said.
The Engine that Could began its life in 1959 at St. John’s Parish, Louisiana. In 1999 it was then gifted from St. John’s Parish to an Ascension Parish Fire Department When St. John’s purchased a new fire engine.