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The Finest Supporting the Bravest!

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: Jun 7, 2021

Captain Shot at Agua Dulce (CA) Station Last Week Identified, Expected to Survive

A Los Angeles County (CA) fire captain who was shot by an off-duty firefighter at their station in Agua Dulce last week has been identified as 54-year-old Captain Arnie Sandoval, reports ABC7.com.

Sandoval has undergone numerous surgeries and is expected to survive after being shot June 1 by a disgruntled colleague. The suspect also shot 44-year-old Tory Carlon, a 20-plus-year firefighter at the station, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooter has been identified as 45-year-old Jonathan Patrick Tatone, who then drove to his own home in Acton, set it on fire, and died by suicide.

The violence occurred, officials say, due to an ongoing dispute between Tatone and Carlon; Sandoval was not believed to be targeted and was hurt trying to intervene. Details of the feud were not released.

A GoFundMe page has been created for Sandoval, and a GoFundMe has also been created to help Carlon’s family.

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Posted: Jun 7, 2021

Hastings (NE) Rural Fire District Gets Its Own Station

Hastings (NE) Rural Fire District (HRFD) finally has its own station, and Sunday it hosted an open house to celebrate, reports ksnblocal4.com.

For more than 50 years, HRFD spent its time split between buildings—two trucks were stored in the North Hastings station, one truck in South Hastings, etc., officials say.

That changed this past Dec. 9, when HRFD moved into its station behind the Nebraska Extension office at 2589 S. Baltimore Ave.

The new digs has a meeting room, a kitchenette, six bays for trucks, offices, and storage space.

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Posted: Jun 7, 2021

Barrington (IL) Countryside Fire Protection District Breaks Ground for $5M Station

Barrington (IL) Countryside Fire Protection District broke ground May 25 for its new, $5 million Station 39 at 1004 S. Hough St.

Station 39 will be the district’s third station, and officials say it will allow the district to respond to more than 90% of all emergency calls in six minutes or less.

It’s slated to be funded by reserves, though there has been some discussion about possibly financing—sans a tax rate increase—a portion of the project.

The project includes the work of Chicago-based Studio 222 Architects and Pepper Construction of Lake Zurich.

Posted: Jun 7, 2021

Lowndes County (GA) Getting 3 New Stations

Clyattville (GA), Bemiss, and North Lowndes will all be receiving new station locations across 2021-2022, reports valdostadailytimes.com.

Clyattville’s Station 2 is set to be built this September, with its first recruit class beginning June 16; it will house Engine 20. That will be followed by Bemiss’ Station 5’s construction in April 2022, which will house Engine 50 alongside an EMS bay with an ambulance. Then, North Lowndes’ Station 4’s construction will commence in July 2022 and will house Engine 40. Each station will have four personnel per its three shifts.

The work is all part of a 2021 expansion led by Lowndes County fire officials. The aim is to hire 36 firefighters that include sergeants, lieutenants, and three battalion chiefs.