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Phoenix Fire Chief Alan Brunacini retires after 48 years of service

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Phoenix Fire Chief Alan Brunacini retires after 48 years of service

By Lindsey Collom
The Arizona Republic

Every weekend for 25 years, Alan Brunacini has stripped, sanded and fine-tuned the same open-cab fire engine he rode as a rookie in 1958.

He bought the truck at auction for $500 in 1981 and has been restoring it ever since with the help of a long-time colleague.

"Anything we thought that needed to be done, we did it," Brunacini said. "It's all details, which is really the fun of it.

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