apparatus firegeezer on 20 Jul 2008 12:36 pm
New Hartford “Fire Truck Spectacular”
THE NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK, VOL. FIRE DEPARTMENT recently held their 5th Annual Fire Truck Spectacular at a local shopping center parking lot.
The public relations event is designed to both acquaint the citizens with their local fire departments and to serve as a recruiting tool for new members.
About 30 fire departments were there displaying 50 pieces of apparatus.
It looks like a good idea and appears to be successful. WKTV, Ch. 2 in Utica gave this video report:
The New Hartford VFD is more than 100 years old and has a good, informative website HERE. While reading through their History page, Firegeezer got a kick out of this entry from their company minute-book: September of 1921- The Chief noted complaints of some firemen entertaining girls and playing the piano until 2 or 3 in the morning. Motion carried that the piano was to be played only from 7:30 to 11:30 PM.
