The other day, Ben Willcome brought home a piece of Walker history that connects directly to his day job — a 1954 fire engine that may be the city’s first.
The truck bears the number “117” on it, but for Willcome, it represents something much more significant: a chance to preserve the community’s firefighting heritage.
“We repair anything that the city owns — police cars, fire trucks, DPW, plow trucks,” said Willcome, the City of Walker’s fleet services supervisor. “I jokingly say, anything from a chainsaw to a fire truck.”…