By Paul Bagnall, The Star-Herald Staff
PRESQUE ISLE More than 70 fire departments turned out for the 59th annual Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention that featured a Saturday parade down Main Street in Presque Isle.
Around 65 different fire trucks drove down the parade line with sirens and horns blaring to the excited crowds.
On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 11, Felix Gustafson, age 4, was seated in a folding chair along Main Street in Waldoboro, waiting patiently for a line of fire trucks from across the state of Maine to pass before him.