The Fire Department christened its new engine truck with an old tradition -- pushing it into the firehouse. The symbolic push from members of the department honors the days of horse-drawn apparatus that firefighters would have to push back into the bay after calls. In honor of those days gone by, many departments have adopted a ceremonial version with new engines and Pittsfield held its first with the welcoming of brand-new Engine 3. "This is a new tradition we'd like to start. A lot of other fire departments for years and years have taken on the role of pushing the new fire truck into the station. This is an old take off of the horse-drawn apparatus where they wouldn't use the horses to back them in, the guys would push the old pumpers and steamers into the station," Chief Robert Czerwinski said.