KRONENWETTER, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – The Kronenwetter Fire Department dedicated its first ladder truck Monday with a “push-in” ceremony. Community members and fire department employees pushed the truck into the garage after giving it a ceremonial dousing of water.
The truck cost $1.3 million. The department has trained with it for the last three months.
“Volunteer departments are running with smaller staff these days, so having the equipment to be able to fight a fire without so many people is really important. That’s what a ladder truck is going to do for us,” said Theresa O’Brien, the chief of the Kronenwetter Fire Department.
The department held a celebration that included a raffle and activities for children.
The push-in ceremony dates back to when fire equipment was carried in on horses.
