This is why Idaho Falls firefighters were pushing a fire truck into a garage

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Channel: East Idaho News · 2018 · News & Politics

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IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Fire Department has officially welcomed a new fire engine to the fleet.

As a part of a ceremonial practice held since the 1960s, firefighters washed and pushed the new yellow truck into its bay before the engine was put into service Wednesday.

“We put it in neutral and we physically all push it into its bay for its first assignment,” fire chief Dave Hanneman tells EastIdahoNews.com.

Hanneman says this truck has been a long time coming and that the department hasn’t replaced an engine in six years. The truck took about 9-12 months to order and assemble and it cost nearly $500,000. (Read more at EastIdahoNews.com)

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