Wetdown
A wetdown is a ritual celebrated by many volunteer fire departments in the United States in which squads of firefighters from neighboring towns ritualistically commission a new fire apparatus by anointing it with water sprayed from the visitors' firefighting equipment.
- For the U.S. Navy ceremony, see Wetting-down. For the ceremonial water salute given to vehicles, including ships and airplanes, see Water salute.
Great River Fire Department's first due engine being wetdown.
If two new apparatus' are commissioned, then it is considered to be a "Double Wetdown". If three new apparatus' are commissioned, then it is called a "Triple Wetdown". Or if four new apparatus' are commissioned, then it is considered as a "Quadruple Wetdown".
External links
- Handleman, Lillian R. "Wet Down Held for New Fire Truck", ReminderNews, 2 December 2008.
- "Truckin' in Fair Haven" Red Bank Green, 15 June 2009.
- "Dedication and Wet-down of Engine 35-2, Kinderhook Fire Department, 11 September 2005.
- Norfolk, CT Engine 40 Wetdown July 25, 2009.
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