Behind the Pilot Point fire station on Washington Street sits an old, rusty rig that once helped keep the city safe. The leadership at the Pilot Point Fire Department, as well as a battalion of community members, have a dream of making the 1942 International engine gleam again. “Being it was bought brand new here, it’s just a part of the department’s history,” Chief Heath Hudson said. Preserving the rig means so much to Hudson and Assistant Chief Bryan Cox because of the special place the department plays in their careers as firefighters. “I started my career here,” Hudson said. “Even though I spent 30-something years in Denton, this is my department. I wouldn’t have had the career in Denton if it hadn’t been for Pilot Point and the Pilot Point Fire Department.” Although Cox didn’t start in Pilot Point, he has spent 26 years at the department. “We have got to hang onto the history so you know what you came from, s