As a kid I would see the firemen at the parades and wish that I could be up there driving the engine. Sometimes you have to go half-way around the world to get opportunities like that, but if y0u manage to make friends with the right people many things are possible. Greg worked an angle to get a fireman and his buddies a ride in a helicoptor and in appreciation they asked if we wanted to come drive their equipment. 
Here we are driving one of their aircraft emergency response vehicles, which they position on the runway to hose down any plane that comes in "hot." It has a water cannon on the front (connected to a joy-stick) that can target about 50 gallons a second that we played around with while we were driving. This vehicle handled much like those huge MRAP trucks did - big and heavy on the acceleration and turns.
Here is a picture of us driving the classic fire engine, which was just like driving a big semi-rig. We had a great time and were happy for the diversion.
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