This pumper was originally built for the United States Government in 1960 and commissioned in NakNek, Alaska, for the FAA. The current owner’s father acquired the rig in 1980 and stored it for 30 years before giving it to the current owner, Craig Thomas, in 2012.Thomas, is building it as a tribute to the Pond Reef Fire Department, Alaska, that his father started in 1970. Photos courtesy of Craig Thomas.
