The Rev. Kevin Fazio of All Saints Parish blesses Butler Bureau of Fire's new tower truck at a first responders community day Sunday.

Almost a dozen fire fighting companies and a few more police departments and ambulance services brought their vehicles to Pullman Park on Sunday, to give a closer look at their equipment and also to mingle with the people the departments serve.

But when call tones buzzed over their radios alerting first responder departments to an emergency, everyone stopped to listen to the dispatcher on the other end.

Luckily, the trucks at the event didn't have to make a speedy departure.

“This event is to allow the community to interact with us in a non-emergency situation,” said Dean Selfridge, a firefighter with Butler Bureau of Fire who helped organize the event.

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