The City of Tyler Fire Department will welcome two new vehicles, Engine 9 and Engine 5, with push-in celebrations on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The push-in for Engine 9 will take place at Station 9, located at 9111 Paluxy Drive from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. The celebration for Engine 5 will take place at Station 5, located at 1532 S. Bennett Ave., from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

The addition of the two new fire vehicles allows the Fire Department to maintain its Class 1 rating from the Insurance Services Office (ISO). The ISO ratings assess the readiness of local fire departments by classifying a community's ability to suppress a fire and it sets Tyler Fire in the top two percent of all rated fire departments in Texas and the top one percent of about 46,000 communities in the U.S. This improved score leads to a reduction in insurance premiums for both residents and businesses within the City.

A push-in is a tradition recognized in the fire service that reflects back to the horse-drawn carriage days when firefighters had to wash their trucks and actually push them into the station.