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The purpose of the Fire Mechanics Section is to promote standardization of fire apparatus and equipment preventative maintenance, improve safety standards and practices, promote workshops, conferences, and seminars related to the purposes of this Section, and to promote cost savings through standardization of building and equipment purchasing and maintenance.

RECENT FIRE MECHANIC NEWS

Posted: Aug 9, 2021

Greenville (CA) Gets Loaner Fire Truck From State

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) will temporarily deploy a new fire engine to the Greenville Fire Department, following the complete loss of its building and equipment due to the Dixie Fire, according to a news release from the Governor’s Office.

The Cal OES Type 1 fire engine provides Greenville’s Indian Valley Fire Department and Chief Tony Balbiani with a fully equipped engine to continue their efforts in fighting fires and keeping their community safe. The Indian Valley Fire Department consists of a fire hall in Greenville, Taylorsville, North Arm, and Genesee.

“This fire brought tragedy not only to the fire department but to their whole community. Cal OES has at least been able to get their fire department this engine, which allows them to continue to serve their community with fire and emergency services” states Cal OES Fire and Rescue Chief Brian Marshall.

This partnership is made possible by the California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System, which provides local government fire agencies with fire apparatus to maintain surge capacity during day-to-day duties and major events/emergencies.

The Dixie Fire continues to actively burn in Butte, Plumas and Tehama counties, burning more than 463,477 acres since its start on July 13. It is now the second largest fire in California’s history and the largest fire burning currently in the country.

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Posted: Aug 9, 2021

Stillwater (OK) and Oklahoma State University Partner to Get New Fire Aerial

The partnership between Oklahoma State University and the City of Stillwater has always been crucial to the success of each institution as a whole, according to a news release from OSU.

Stillwater and OSU sprang up almost simultaneously over 125 years ago, and their connection remains strong to this day, with their latest partnership culminating in an OSU-branded ladder truck for the Stillwater Fire Department.

Friday, dignitaries from Stillwater, OSU and Payne County united to unveil the new truck and host a wet-down ceremony to signalize the truck’s activation for duty.

A Pierce aerial fire truck, it is white with orange stripes and says “Go Pokes” on the side as well as a black ladder with Pistol Pete.

Kyle Wray, interim senior vice president for executive affairs at OSU, said the truck is a symbol of the importance between the school and the city.

“I just wanted to come over on behalf of President [Kayse] Shrum and the Board of Regents at Oklahoma State and say how thankful we are for the relationship we have with everyone here,” Wray said. “The fire engine is great, and it is symbolic of the relationship we have with the county, the city, the chamber. Every day we go to work at OSU, we are thankful for those relationships. The most important thing to say is thank you for those first responders who are here today, all across the county and the city. Without you, we would be nothing and are especially thankful for your service and dedication to the city of Stillwater.”

Stillwater Mayor Will Joyce said the truck shows that because the partnership between Stillwater, OSU and Payne County continues to succeed, everyone benefits.

“We are really, really appreciative here in Stillwater to have partnerships with the county and with the university,” said Joyce, who took a ride up the ladder later in the day. “That allows us to bring wonderful, beautiful, functional new equipment to our fire department for all of these folks who put their lives on the line day in and day out to protect our community, and we want to make sure they have the best, nicest, most useful and most functional equipment. We appreciate the work that they do every day.”

Payne County Clerk Glenna Craig said the sales taxes that the county passes is what keeps the rural stations going and provides the means for new equipment like the truck.

“We are true Payne County residents and enjoy our partnership. We believe that it is important to support our community,” Craig said.

Trish Ranson, a Democratic state representative from Stillwater, echoed Craig. She believes that taxpayers will be proud of the shiny, new OSU-branded ladder truck.

“I think the partnership itself is the true definition of community, and the fact that if we all pool our resources together then we can have a benefit that benefits all of us,” Ranson said. “I think that is what this fire truck does and what it represents.”

Stillwater Fire Chief Terry Essary thanked everyone who came to the ceremony and invested time in putting the truck together, saying that putting all of the parts of a new truck in place, plus putting it through all of its rigorous tests, takes a lot of work.

He led the attendees in a wet-down ceremony, with the firehose from former truck No. 1 spraying the new truck before the old truck is replaced by it. Then, everyone took a towel and dried it off before putting it back in the station, signaling it was ready for duty.

“The ceremony itself represents when the old firefighters would bring their horses back from the fire, and of course they are dirty and nasty so they would wet down the horses and clean the horses off,” Essary said. “Then they would wet down the wagons, unhitch the hor

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Posted: Aug 9, 2021

Hastings (NE) Fire and Rescue Gets New Quint

Hastings (NE) Fire and Rescue has taken delivery of a 2021 quint and commemorated the occasion with an open house and welcoming ceremony on Friday night, according to a report broadcasted by KSBN Local4.

The new apparatus has a slightly longer ladder and newer technology compared to the old unit that was retired during the ceremony, according to the television station.

During the ceremony, the new operator of the quint was pinned and the new apparatus was pushed into the station, the TV station reported.

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Posted: Aug 9, 2021

Photo of the Day: August 9, 2021

E-ONE—Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Fire Services industrial pumper. Freightliner M2 112 6×4 cab and chassis; Detroit Diesel DD13 450-hp engine; Waterous CRU 4,000-gpm pump; 2,030-gallon foam tank for Class B foam; one 6-inch deck gun discharge with Williams Hydro-Foam™ Ranger 3 nozzle with self-educting feature foam system; cold weather package; four six-inch suction inlet ports with TFT Jumbo inlet valves. Dealer: Paul Marks, 1200 Degrees-Darch Fire, Ayr, Ontario.

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Chair

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Chair

Elliot Courage
North Whatcom Fire & Rescue
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Vice Chair

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Vice Chair

Mike Smith 
Pierce County Fire District #5
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Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Secretary

Greg Bach
South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue
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Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #1

Doug Jones
South Kitsap Fire & Rescue
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Director #2

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #2

Paul Spencer 
Fire Fleet Maintenance LLC
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Director #3

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #3

Jim Morris
Mountain View Fire Department
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Director #4

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #4

Arnie Kuchta

Clark County Fire District 6

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Director #6

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #6

Brett Annear
Kitsap County Fire District 18
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Director #5

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #5

Jay Jacks
Camano Island Fire & Rescue
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Posted: Oct 21, 2015

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Posted: Oct 20, 2015

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Brian Fortner
Graham Fire & Rescue

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