Join Kannapolis firefighters for a traditional washdown ceremony to officially bring new Engine 51 into service, the department said in a Facebook post.
The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Fire Station 5 at 2046 Barr Road.
A washdown ceremony is a tradition dating back to the 1880s and is done for each new fire apparatus to bring good luck to the truck and the firefighters. The new engine is washed by firefighters and the public. It is then backed into the department.
This new engine and Fire Station 5 services the Kannapolis Parkway, N.C. 73 and Afton areas of the city. The station typically responds to 1,200 medical and fire calls annually.
Specs
- Apparatus: Pumper
- Chassis: Capitol
- Engine: Cummins X12 500-HP
- Pump Type: Waterous 1,500 gallon-per-minute (gpm), Single Stage, CSU
- Body Style: Stainless Steel Body
- Department Name: City of Kannapolis
- Department City and State: Kannapolis, NC
- SO#: 78L98
- Representative: Seagrave Sales and Service – New Jersey
Some Additional features of this apparatus include:
- 24-inch Front Bumper w/ Discharge
- Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. LED Warning Lights
- 1,000-Gallon Tank
- Stainless Steel Pump Module and Pump Plumbing
- Stainless Steel Body
- Fire Research Corporation LED Scene Lighting
- Task Force Tips Monsoon Electric Monitor
- 209-inch Wheelbase
