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Thursday, June 06, 2019

Allentown to Take Delivery of Three New Fire Trucks Today.

Allentown firefighters were responding to fires with pick-up
Today, at 11:30 am, Allentown Fire Department will take possession of three new fire trucks. This will occur during what is known as a "push-in" ceremony at Mack South Fire Station, located at 1902 Lehigh Street.

A "push-in" ceremony goes back to the days when hand drawn fire engines, ladder wagons and hose carts had to be pushed back into the station by hand. Even horse drawn steam engines had to be pushed back by hand.

This is no longer necessary, but the purpose of the ceremony is to show unity among firefighters.

Public officials like State Senator Pat Browne and State Reps. Pete Schweyer and Mike Schlossberg will be on hand, hoping someone takes their picture.

The real heroes are the firefighters, who put their lives on the line every day. Allentown's firefighters, in particular, are exceptional public servants who were responding to fires with pick-up trucks when Edwin "Fed Ed" Pawlowski was at Allentown's helm. Throughout this crisis, they continued to do their dangerous job.

Although I've been critical of Mayor Ray O'Connell's tax hike, he really went to bat for these guys. He deserves much of the credit for this acquisition. In addition to three new fire trucks, he added two firefighters.

You should never balance a budget by skimping on public safety.

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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousJune 6, 2019 at 1:13 PM

    Now maybe they can fill out proper reports for emergency calls to Allentown Housing Authority buildings and handing them of to police for investigations. A large part of Gross Towers Wests halls was set ablaze for one of the many unaddressed issues. Than last nights counsil meeting the head code official lied when he said they have no resposibilty to respond to code violation, aaaaa its called jurisdiction.
    This is not one of the many debated issues of legal and elegal aliens were the can just keep passing the buck on responsibilty.

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