Press release
The City of Batavia Fire Department would like to announce that we will be placing our new Engine 12 in service.
To celebrate this occasion, will be conducting a “push-in” ceremony on Jan 3rd, 2024. The push-in ceremony is a tradition in the fire service dating back to the days of horse-drawn equipment when members had to push the equipment in the bays when they returned from an incident because the horses were unable to do it.
Even though the days of horse-drawn fire apparatus and long behind us, the fire service, which is steep in tradition, continues to conduct these ceremonies. It’s not only a long-standing tradition for new apparatus but gives us a way to celebrate putting it in service.
Please feel free to join us on January 3rd, at 1 pm to see the crews push the apparatus into the station.