Apparatus Housing

[Beaver52]

Does anyone know the reasons why new apparatus are pushed in 3 times? I have found why they are pushed, but does anyone know the reason for it being 3 times?

[CaptOldTimer]

Does anyone know the reasons why new apparatus are pushed in 3 times? I have found why they are pushed, but does anyone know the reason for it being 3 times?

Ask the person who told you this and go by their answer!!

[nameless]

we don't push ours in, so I can't figure out a reason for pushing it in 1 thru an infinite number of times.

[dmleblanc]

Does anyone know the reasons why new apparatus are pushed in 3 times? I have found why they are pushed, but does anyone know the reason for it being 3 times?

Maybe one time years ago the photographer didn't get a good shot so they had to redo it a couple of times, and after that everybody thought that's how you had to do it...

Or maybe part of a new firefighter fitness program?

I don't know, we've never pushed our new apparatus in...for one thing, our apron is so short everybody would have to stand on the highway to do it...kind of dangerous

[FWDbuff]

I have been to literally hundreds of parades since I was three years old with my father. Never, not once have I ever seen a new unit pushed in three times. And I have been to plenty of parades close to Macungie.

[BoxAlarm187]

Like Buff, having been to dozens of housings and/or wetdowns, I have yet to see a rig pushed in three times.

[JTFIRE80]

Buff, I'm shocked you haven't seen this. Just about every housing I've been too does this.

Link from another fire magazine (Oooooh, hope I don't get in trouble) that has an article on it.

http://fefdic.ning.com/forum/topic/s...ATopic%3A61244

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Does anyone know the reasons why new apparatus are pushed in 3 times? I have found why they are pushed, but does anyone know the reason for it being 3 times?

They have dual Q's, dual Roto rays and enough lightbars to land an Airbus A380 by... and the batteries went dead because the electrical system crapped out, either that, or they want the whole fire company to share in the hernia expereince

[FWDbuff]

Buff, I'm shocked you haven't seen this. Just about every housing I've been too does this.

Link from another fire magazine (Oooooh, hope I don't get in trouble) that has an article on it.

http://fefdic.ning.com/forum/topic/s...ATopic%3A61244

Jeffy I was already at 100 parades before you were even an ache in your father's loins, and I have NEVER seen a piece backed in three times.

[Beaver52]

I found the reason they were pushed in, was because the horses had a hard time backing them in, way back when. I know there must be a reason that the new apparatus are "pushed" in 3 times when dedicated. I just can't find that reason...

[BoxAlarm187]

Kyle, I'm curious - which departments in your area are you familiar with that have pushed them in three times instead of just once?

[Beaver52]

Kyle, I'm curious - which departments in your area are you familiar with that have pushed them in three times instead of just once?

As far as I am aware, none. I joined a brand new station and we recieved a brand new engine. When we dedicated our station, we housed our apparatus by pushing it in once. However, I was looking at another forum and someone stated that they are usually pushed in 3 times. In that thread no one knew the reason to why. I got interested, therefore I created this thread.

[BoxAlarm187]

As far as I am aware, none. I joined a brand new station and we recieved a brand new engine. When we dedicated our station, we housed our apparatus by pushing it in once. However, I was looking at another forum and someone stated that they are usually pushed in 3 times. In that thread no one knew the reason to why. I got interested, therefore I created this thread.

So from what I read, one poster in some thread somewhere in some forum once said that rigs are usually pushed in three times, but no one else has supported his claim? And no one in this thread has either?

Sounds like whoever that was got some bad info and posted it on the net for us all to ponder. Stick with the "push it in once and be happy" way of doing things.

[N2DFire]

Does anyone know the reasons why new apparatus are pushed in 3 times? I have found why they are pushed, but does anyone know the reason for it being 3 times?

1 For the Money
2 For the Show
3 To Get Ready . . . . ???

[Beaver52]

So from what I read, one poster in some thread somewhere in some forum once said that rigs are usually pushed in three times, but no one else has supported his claim? And no one in this thread has either?

Sounds like whoever that was got some bad info and posted it on the net for us all to ponder. Stick with the "push it in once and be happy" way of doing things.

It's funny you bring that up, people on that forum in the same thread, had also heard of it, but never heard of any reasons.

[ccfdblehman]

If it makes anyone feel better, I have never heard of it being "pushed" in at all. We back ours in.

[FWDbuff]

If it makes anyone feel better, I have never heard of it being "pushed" in at all. We back ours in.

On the east coast, especially in the mid-atlantic states, it is common to have a housing celebration for a new piece, usually consisting of a parade, followed by a formal "housing" ceremony. The Officers of the host company, and sometimes Chief officers of mutual aid companies, are invited to officially "house" the piece by "pushing" it in.....Which is what occurred back in the old days with horse-drawn rigs. Nowadays modern apparatus is too heavy, so the rigs are "pushed" in, while they just happen to have the engines running and the tranny engaged in reverse.

[DFDMAXX]

Seems to me we're a little backward here. It isn't that we pushed the new rig in 3 times, we got tired of pushing the old one in and bought a new one we didn't have to push.

[Dickey]

If you gotta push your truck around, it's time for a new truck!!!

[FlyingKiwi]

when the horse died in the traces from old age it was traditional to uncouple the horse from the traces and push the cart backwards before carrying away the dead horse away.

After that, to get the wagon moving freely you had to roll the wagon three times over the dead horses spirit so that the new horse would pull the cart happily.