{"id":37752,"date":"2026-07-14T12:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37752"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:37:14","slug":"aerial-soaking-at-the-decatur-pool-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/aerial-soaking-at-the-decatur-pool-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerial soaking at the Decatur pool held"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youngsters at Decatur&#8217;s city swimming pool recently got a soaking of a different kind \u2013 from a fire truck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(The pool remained closed Tuesday due to a problem with a pump motor.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city&#8217;s new aerial ladder truck hosed down some 40 swimmers over a 30-minute period on July 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Dan Rickord got involved, but on the dry side of the fun \u2013 he was in the ladder&#8217;s bucket as the spraying went on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fire Chief Jeff Sheets said this was the third year the event was held at the city pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck-mayor.jpg?resize=418%2C621&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck-mayor.jpg?w=418&amp;ssl=1 418w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck-mayor.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mayor Rickord (blue shirt) in truck bucket<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $2.5 million aerial truck only recently arrived at the city fire department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The truck measures 43 feet in length and is 11 feet, 4 inches high. It weighs in at 76,000 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck.jpg?resize=640%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck.jpg?resize=1024%2C386&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck.jpg?resize=300%2C113&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck.jpg?resize=768%2C290&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck.jpg?w=1257&amp;ssl=1 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can take a firefighter 100 feet into the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Parks department photos)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Youngsters at Decatur&#8217;s city swimming pool recently got a soaking of a different kind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":37754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[17,14,15],"class_list":["post-37752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-community","tag-decatur","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Pool-fire-truck.jpg?fit=1257%2C474&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37755,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37752\/revisions\/37755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}