With Brigham City’s newest fire engine having arrived and about to be put into service, the Brigham City Fire Department is inviting the public to take part in the time-honored ceremony of “pushing” the engine into the firehouse. It’s a tradition that began among American fire services sometime in the 1800s, when new firefighting apparatus consisted of horse-drawn steam pumpers which needed to be “pushed in” to fire stations. The physical need for pushing ended in the 1920s, when horses were replaced by engines, but the tradition has stuck, with community residents being invited to get a hands-on look at...

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