Published July 24. 2024 01:43PM
You probably heard the phrase over and over: “Everybody complains about the weather - but nobody does anything about it.”
Not true anymore. When the heat got too much to easily bear, Salisbury Township sponsored a “cool down” community event at a parking area at Salisbury High School.
Coordinator James Levernier, the township’s director of public works, requested engines from Eastern Salisbury Fire Department and Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company to provide the pumping capacity and the artificial rain was assured.
With ESFD’s multiuse rescue engine at one end of the parking area, and WSVFC’s aerial ladder truck at the other end, the area was blanketed with a refreshing spray 6-8 p.m. July 15.
The event was promoted on social media and WSVFC Chief Joshua Wells estimated “well over 100” youngsters and not-so-youngsters cavorting in the water.
Township police officers were on hand to greet those gathering and Patrol Officer Kyle Watson was “right out there with the kids” introducing his new K-9 partner, Echo.
Thank you, Salisbury.
Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company’s aerial ladder truck is used July 15 to provide a large artificial rain field for a community cool down night at Salisbury High School.Story and additinal photos appear on Page A2.PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH
The deck gun deluge nozzle atop the multiuse Eastern Salisbury Fire Department’s rescue engine provides a cooling water spray at the community cool down event at Salisbury High School July 15.
Salisbury Township Police Department Patrol Officer Kyle Watson and his K-9 partner, Echo, enjoy cavorting among Salisbury residents under a cool down spray provided by Eastern Salisbury Fire Department’s multiuse rescue engine at Salisbury High School July 15.
