Do you have a fire truck

[RHITPike]

That's correct. We (Rose-Hulman, Iota Delta), currently have 2 trucks. The pumper truck is in decent condition and currently has work being done on several parts to improve it. We have purchased large gold lettering that says Pi Kappa Alpha and PIKE, and placed that on the sides of the pumper truck.

[Pike_Cardinal]

A firetruck would be such a blast for tailgating next fall

[Lithium13]

We've talked about it before at my chapter...but there just wouldn't be anywhere for it to be parked...

[Pike_Cardinal]

there are enough of us at UofL with off campus housing I suppose we could find somewhere to park one, I just think it would be fun to have

[AOII Angel]

Pike at ULM (University of Louisiana at Monroe) has one. Can you reveal why the fire truck is a symbol without getting into secret info? I've just always wondered.

[Firehouse]

It's not a secret.
Around the turn of the century, Theta chapter members at (now Rhodes College) were volunteer firemen and the chapter actually has its own truck. Several other Pike chapters copied the theme, but after World War II the thing really took off. At some time in the 1950s more than half of the Pike chapters had their own fire trucks. In Oklahoma, chapters met for their Regional Conference and had firetruck races!

Insurance concerns have eliminated many of the old trucks (we have a garnet & gold 1938 Chevvy at Florida State but the undergrads aren't allowed to operate it). However, you still see chapters have their annual group photo taken on or around a firetruck.
It's an old tradition and just for fun.

[AOII Angel]

Thanks! You've solved a mystery for me.