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- Today's our first ever pushing ceremony

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here at Robins Air Force
Base Fire Department,

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where we're gonna push
in two ARFF apparatus

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we received within the last month,

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while our new Rosenbauer
Relio Truck drifts the flag

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over the apparatus as we're pushing in.

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The push in ceremony
dates back to the 1800s

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with horse-drawn apparatus.

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Whenever they became commissioned,

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they would push them in, wet them down

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and that's where all the
push-in ceremonies started.

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The new P-23 Rosenbauer
Christ Trucks have the boom

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from the top which actually can raise out,

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puncture an aircraft.

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They're a lot faster, a lot more modern.

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If we have an inflight
emergency with cargo on fire.

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If the cargo's on fire,

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we can actually penetrate the aircraft,

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go into the aircraft, flow
water, put it out inside,

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before our crews even make entry.

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(dramatic music)