Lynchburg Fire Department anointing new engine with traditional ceremony
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) – The Lynchburg Fire Department is dedicating its newest fire engine, Engine 2, to its new home at Station 2 on Grace Street with a ceremony.
The ceremony will take place on Monday, May 12 at 11 a.m. and will include a push-in and wet down of the new apparatus.
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The ceremony is a tradition as before when hand and horse-drawn engines and wagons could not be backed into a station once a call was finished. Fire departments had to routinely unhitches the horses and push the engine back into the bay.
During the event, firefighters will anoint the new engine by wetting it down before its first usage in the community.
The current engine will then be placed into reserve as a part of the LFD fleet.
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