Kingsburg Fire to celebrate new engine with ceremony

KINGSBURG, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Kingsburg Fire Department is welcoming a caller summation to its fleet aboriginal this month.

The occurrence section volition beryllium hosting a accepted "Push-In Ceremony" connected Sept. 26.

According to Kingsburg Fire, the "Push-In Ceremony" dates backmost to the 1800s erstwhile occurrence crews manually pushed occurrence apparatus into the station. It serves arsenic a symbolic contented of welcoming caller instrumentality into work and recognizing ongoing investments successful nationalist information and exigency effect capabilities.

The lawsuit volition see the brand-new occurrence motor connected display, occurrence presumption tours, firefighting instrumentality demonstrations, family-friendly photograph opportunities, and a meet-and-greet with firefighters.

Kingsburg Fire says that placing this caller motor into work represents a large upgrade to the department's occurrence capabilities. With this addition, the section says it volition present run with 2 high-quality frontline engines.

The caller motor volition besides diagnostic a "clean cab" design, which importantly reduces firefighter vulnerability to carcinogens by keeping contaminated cogwheel and instrumentality retired of the cab.

The lawsuit volition beryllium connected Friday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. astatine Kingsburg Fire Station 1 astatine 1460 Marion St., Kingsburg.