THE CITY OF MARINETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEW FIRE ENGINE IS NOW IN SERVICE

Various firefighters, City and County Government Officials, along with community members were in attendance Friday when the City of Marinette Fire Department put their new Fire Engine 101 into service with a Push-In Ceremony.  Chief Jay Heckel says, “I didn’t expect this many people to attend our Push in Ceremony.” Beginning in the 1800s, after crews returned from a call on horse-drawn equipment, the animals were unable to back into the station, requiring members to detach the horses and push the equipment into the bay. Over time, with the invention and adoption of motorized apparatus, the need to manually move the equipment was gone. However, the legacy of the push-in was secured. Now, in honor of those early crews, many fire departments hold a push-in ceremony when taking delivery of a new apparatus. Total Cost of the new Fire Engine came in at $874,000.