New blast engine for Company 1 in King martyr – Information Global Online

The “wet down” is unmoving in the 1800’s blast service, at a instance when departments utilised horses to vantage clean engines to fires. Afterwards, the crews would clean downbound and primed the horses and pumpers in activity for the incoming call. There were also occasions where neighboring blast departments would “anoint” a station’s newborn equipment preceding to feat into assist by dispersal it down.

Today, the dewy downbound of a newborn equipment symbolizes the blessing, or expiration of the torch, from the equipment that is existence replaced. While the older Engine 1 is remaining in the fast at its newborn bag in Fairview Beach, it has served the blast fighters of consort 1 for over 10 years.