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Firefighters perform constant vehicle checks in winter

Zach Pfeifer, a firefighter with the Butler Bureau of Fire, demonstrates the water circulation levers firefighters use in the winter to keep the water stored in the firetrucks from freezing on Saturday, Jan. 4. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle

Firefighters at the Butler Bureau of Fire perform regular checks on their vehicles to ensure they are prepared to operate in the winter, when responding to fires is made a little more difficult because of the snow.

Zach Pfeifer, a firefighter with the Butler Bureau of Fire, said Saturday, Jan. 4, that slippery road conditions can make navigating the tight streets of Butler in a firetruck even harder, especially when firefighters are making their way to an emergency. The crews at the bureau station on North Washington Street go through checks regularly to ensure safety when traversing the roads.

“A firetruck, the tower weighs close to 8,000 pounds,” he said, “our roads, whenever they’re snow-covered and slippery, it could lose traction very easily.

“They’re definitely more difficult to drive in the inclement weather.”

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