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Friday evening, the Walkersville Community gathered to support the Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company and celebrate the purchase of the new Quint-11 fire truck with a Pushing-In Ceremony. Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company Chief Matt Staley spoke some about the $1,114,000 truck which weighs in at about 82,000 lbs. The truck is a Pierce Velocity 100′ Aerial Platform, and was purchased from Atlantic Emergency Solutions. It features a 266″ wheelbase, a 500 horse-power Detroit DD13 engine, and Oshkosh TAK-4 Independent Front Suspension. To protect the six firefighters in the cab of the truck,…