By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net & Maya Betti, News Intern
Video from last year’s event by Aramis Wells
The Minnesota Fire Engine Club’s annual takeover of Bridge Square with the Pumpers in the Park event is this Saturday. The free event features several fire trucks on display from different eras, many of which actively spray water into the Cannon River throughout the night.
Len Schrader is with the Minnesota Fire Engine Club:
“Will have Pumper fire trucks that will actually be flowing water, and Sunbelt Rentals gives us a big 2500 gallon per minute pump. They just donate it for the weekend, and we’re going to throw a suction line in the Cannon River, and we’re going to pull water from the Cannon River, and we’re going to throw it right back up.” – Len Schrader of the Minnesota Fire Engine Club on the KYMN Morning Show
Also featured at the event are food and fire safety activities. The event starts at 5 pm and goes until 10 pm. As night sets in, lights are attached to each truck, lighting up the water setting up a unique and beautiful scene.
According to Scharder, the Fire Engine Club is a non-profit group of hobbyists who collect real working fire apparatus that have been retired from service:
“ But the Minnesota enthusiasts and collectors who get together and we just have a blast. We just go out and throw water. We do different parades and static displays, and we get together once a month for a meeting and then again for our events. And we’ve got approximately 55 pieces of apparatus and probably as many members.” – Len Schrader of the Minnesota Fire Engine Club on the KYMN Morning Show
Pictures from last year’s Pumpers in the Park in Northfield. Pictures by Logan Wells/KYMN News
The fire engine club hosts events across the area and state, with Northfield’s event being one of the longest running of its current events, starting in 2019, with a brief break for the pandemic in 2020.
Pumpers in the Park takes place tomorrow from 5pm to 10pm at Bridge Square.
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