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The annual fire truck display at WAMBO is set to shine once again this year.
Lee Burrows, the self-proclaimed “old man of WAMBO”, is organizing this portion of the event for the 26th straight year. He said he’s expecting 30-35 trucks.
“About the same bunch come back every year, because I go to theirs and they come to mine,” he said.
“This year I have two fellows that are going to pump water with their trucks. They are both form the St.Thomas area. I usually have a guy from Algonac pump, but he has got problems with is truck this year so I have two more pumping for me. Than you get can let the kinds kind of hold the hose and aim it at the water. It is only under low pressure so nobody can get hurt.”
Burrows said most of the trucks are antiques.
“We got things there from 1896,” he said.
“We have the France Chemical cart from 1896. We have hose carts that are 1920, 1910 and we have fire trucks from 1926 right up to more modern type. They are mostly antiques and privately owned.”
Burrows said the trucks come from all over.
“St.Thomas, four or five out of Michigan, sometimes one out of Ohio that comes up depending on the weather of course. They are all over the area though. Windsor, Essex, Leamington, Chatham and Sarnia area. All around us.”
Wallace Kent Sprinkler are going to be on site to showcase their sprinkler systems.
Burrows said the fire truck parade starts at around 3 p.m. on Saturday, and the sirens will be blaring.
“It goes out Dufferin Ave. to the Fairfeild Park and around the building and back into town, down Wellington St. and turn on Murray to go over the bridge,” he said.
“Then is goes down to Duke St. to the seniors centre there and around that building and than back out and around to where we are on Wallace St.”
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mPower Electric, Crabby Joe’s and E.R. Schepens Electric have come on board as presenting sponsors for the 28th annual event, along with dozens of other supporters.
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