With some fifty entries, Tuesday’s Fire Prevention Parade was a dazzling display of lights and sound.
Tuesday night’s Fire Prevention Parade on Main Street in Christiansburg offered up a sensory overload with a dazzling and impressive display of lights and sound.
According to Christiansburg Fire Chief Billy Hanks, about fifty units took part in the parade. They showed off by turning on and flashing all their lights and upping the volume to full blast of every noise-generating piece of equipment they had.
Units from the area showed up for the parade, the highlight of Fire Prevention Week, which ends today, Oct. 12.
Serving as Grand Marshall for the parade was Firefighter Wesley Roberts from Longshop-McCoy.
Among the vehicles taking part in the parade were units from the Blacksburg and Christiansburg fire departments, the Christiansburg rescue squad, the Draper Fire Department, the Snowville Fire Department, the Longshop-McCoy Fire Department, the Elliston Fire Department and the Riner Fire Department. Representing Pulaski County were units from the Pulaski Co. Fire Department, the Newbern Fire Department and the Dublin Fire Department. Floyd County sent units from fire stations three and four.
Giles County was well represented in the parade with units from the Pembroke Fire Department, the Harrisburg Fire Department and the Newport Fire Department. The Independence Fire Department from Grayson County contributed to the fun and the noise.
“Sparky,” the mascot of the Christiansburg Fire Department, hitched a ride in the Fire Prevention Parade.
The color guard for the parade was from the Christiansburg Fire Department.
After the parade concluded, a number of awards were presented back at the CFD station.
The Independence Fire Department traveled the farthest distance. The Longshop-McCoy Fire Department won the Best Tanker award. Honored for having the Best Brush Truck was the Draper Fire Department.
The Dublin Fire Department took home honors for the Best Support Vehicle. The best EMT unit came from the Newport Fire Department. The Best Antique unit came from the Snowville Fire Department and was owned by Skip Saunders.
The Pembroke Fire Department showed off the Best Engine while the Officers Choice Award was presented to the Newbern Fire Department’s Tanker 5, a Volvo truck, and the Parker’s Choice Award was the Draper antique truck.
