The Kyle Fire Department April 4 officially christened its new ladder truck with a “wetdown and push-in,” ceremony which was held at headquarters on Moore Street. The ceremony is part of an old firefighter tradition where horses that once pulled fire engines were sprayed off after a call before going back into the stable. Today, fire departments welcome a new apparatus by spraying it down with the unit or truck it is replacing. Afterward, members of the fire department or company pus...