Cpt. Patrick Johnston, Lt. Jansen Callanan, Chief Mike Callanan, Asst. Chief Tory Sweet, Captain Casey Walters, and firefighters Ron Pendergraff, Kyle Wolff, Hailey Johnston, Samantha Dixon, and Jarrod Molloy as well as community members came together to push Tanker 1 into the firehouse during the traditional push-in ceremony held on Sept. 24. Photo by DeAnna Maddox
Agra Volunteer Firefighters invited the community to the fire house on Saturday, Sept. 24 to participate in a time-honored tradition, a push-in ceremony.
A push-in is a tradition which dates back to the 1800s when firefighters used horse drawn equipment, the horses were unable to back into the station so the crew would push the equipment into the firehouse. Despite the invention of the motorized ve…
