‘Engine 77 is now in service’

PUSH-IN FOR BENJAMIN TRUCK Officially placing Engine 77 in service first required establishing its place in the Benjamin Volunteer Fire Department’s station. Firefighters pushed the truck into its new home Sunday evening, as part of a 150-year-old tradition, captured here by drone photography. | COURTESY PHOTO
PUSH-IN FOR BENJAMIN TRUCK Officially placing Engine 77 in service first required establishing its place in the Benjamin Volunteer Fire Department’s station. Firefighters pushed the truck into its new home Sunday evening, as part of a 150-year-old tradition, captured here by drone photography. | COURTESY PHOTO

BENJAMIN FIREFIGHTERS ENACT A LONG AND PROUD TRADITION

For the first time in 22 years the Benjamin Volunteer Fire Department placed a new truck in service, at approximately 7:15 p.m. June 14, 2026, starting with a page from the Knox County dispatcher’s office. The new truck is a combination pumper and water truck capable of connecting to a hydrant to pump water for a structure fire in town, or for …