It started with a $5,000 1972 Ford 700 Series fire tanker truck for Mike and Rene Russell, but that was 23 years and many trucks ago. Mike was working for another company, one that was owned by Rene’s family, but the time came for them to go out and make a name for themselves. “They were looking at getting out of the business, and I saw a need in my area because we were about 60 miles from them,” Mike says. “There were only two older companies in our area, so we figured that there might be an opportunity.It was 2002
