Firetrucks may have started as water pumps on wheels designed to accompany bucket brigades.
They moved through horse-drawn fire pumps and self-propelled, scary steam powered engines
that were soon followed by the Knox automobile fire engine that added ladders and human-sized
buckets attached to a bending arm. However, all the equipment through the decades that was
designed to more efficiently save lives, none could match the hard work and bravery of over one
million firefighters who serve in either a volunteer or paid capacity in the United States today.
In "Somebody Get the Buckets - The Firetruck Has a Flat Tire", Sandy continues to sift through
often untold stories of firehouse and firetruck history. Using their voices and those of the resident
cats, stories of life as a firefighter and the firetrucks who helped them, highlight their love of the
profession, the sacrifices made every day and heroism sometimes forgotten.
