My Town of Tolland Ma took delivery of a new firetruck, Engine 3.

There is a commissioning ritual for new fire trucks that serve not only the town but the local communities it will serve in multi -alarm fire/emergency situations, which is often the case in small rural towns that depend on one another.

The commissioning ritual is typically two ceremonial tasks know as the "Wetdown" and the "Push-in", explained as:
The "Wetdown" is a ritual celebrated by many volunteer fire departments in the United States in which squads of firefighters from neighboring towns perform a ritual ceremonial commission for a new fire apparatus by anointing it with water sprayed from the visitors' firefighting equipment.
The "Push-In" ceremony is a fire service tradition that dates back to the late 1800s when fire departments used hand-drawn pumpers and horse-drawn equipment. Upon returning to the station after a fire call, the horses could not easily back the equipment into the station, so they were disconnected from the fire equipment and firefighters would push the equipment back into the bay themselves.

Engine 3, its fire fighters/first responders, the town and the local town communities Engine 3 will serve have been blessed by our local Pastor.

The entire ceremony was very interesting for me and I wish I had better prepared to film/ document all the wonderful aspects of the events including interviews, but did not. Instead, I want to thank all those that contributed some of their cell phone media for me to edit along with my drone's aerial video in hope to share this awesome celebration.

Keep Safe, God Bless America. Addy Overbeeke