Wetdown
Encyclopedia
- For the U.S. Navy ceremony, see Wetting-downWetting-downWetting-down is a raucous ceremony for newly promoted officers observed in the U.S. and British Navies, and the U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Marines, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, and U.S. Public Health Service officers also participate in this custom as homage to their naval...
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Volunteer fire department
See also the Firefighter article and its respective sections regarding VFDs in other countries.A volunteer fire department is a fire department composed of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.The first organized force of...
s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in which squads of firefighter
Firefighter
Firefighters are rescuers extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations...
s from neighboring towns ritualistically commission a new fire apparatus
Fire apparatus
A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with water or other equipment...
by anointing it with water sprayed from the visitors' firefighting equipment.
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.