Newberry Hosting Community Push-In Ceremony For New Fire Apparatus

NEWBERRY ‒ The City of Newberry Fire Department invites the public to join them for a “Push-In Ceremony” for the new Quint 28 on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at 9 a.m. at the Newberry Fire Department, 310 NW 250^th Street in Newberry. 

The act of “pushing-in” fire apparatus traces its roots back to the 1800s when fire departments relied on horse-drawn pumpers when responding to incidents. firefighters would have to unhitch the horses and push the apparatus back into the station after returning from each call. With the advent of motorized fire apparatus, the need to push apparatus into the station was no longer necessary, but the tradition lives on as the push-in ceremony remains a symbol of fire service and serves to honor the history found in fire departments across the country.

The new Quint 28, a 2023 E-One Typhoon custom chassis quint truck, replaces a 1999 Southern Coach. A quintuple combination pumper or quint for short, derives its name from the five functions the truck can provide—pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ladders. The new Quint 28 is poised to serve the citizens and visitors of Newberry for the next 20 years.

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