Wetdown

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A wet down is a ritual celebrated by many volunteer fire departments in the United States in which squads of firefighters from neighboring towns ritualistically commission a new fire apparatus by anointing it with water sprayed from the visitors' firefighting equipment.

If two new apparatus' are commissioned, then it is considered to be a "Double Wet down". If three new apparatus' are commissioned, then it is called a "Triple Wet down". Or if four new apparatus' are commissioned, then it is considered as a "Quadruple Wet down".