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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 24, 2021

Virginia Beach (VA) Fire Department Deploys Fireboat for First Time in Almost 5 Years

The Virginia Beach (VA) Fire Department deployed three fireboats, including Fireboat One, Monday to combat a massive fire that destroyed a multi-million-dollar home on McCullough Lane, reports 13newsnow.com.

Officials have not released the cause of the blaze, which gave firefighters a challenge as it was located across the water from First Landing State Park, which boasts only two hydrants in the area.

The fireboat is not used strictly for house fires, as its four-person crew can assist in marina fires and search and recovery missions via infrared technology.

Officials say the last time a fireboat was deployed to a house fire was July 4, 2016, on Lone Pine Road.

Posted: Jun 24, 2021

Abiquiu (NM) Volunteer Fire Department Gets HME Ahrens-Fox Wildland Urban Interface Pumper

By Alan M. Petrillo

The Abiquiu (NM) Volunteer Fire Department has a fire district with a diverse geography, including a river running through it, soft sand areas of 200 to 600 feet in elevation, and a lot of territory that’s rural, broken mesa, high desert with elevations up to 8,000 feet. Abiquiu was running a KME pumper-tender (tanker) with a 2,000-gallons-per-minute (gpm) pump and 2,000-gallon water tank on a single rear axle, but the rig was 25 years old and had a tendency to get stuck in soft sand.

HME Ahrens-Fox built this Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) pumper for Abiquiu (NM) Volunteer Fire Department on a SFO-MFD chassis and cab, powered by a Cummins B6.7-liter 360-horsepower diesel engine, and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. (Photos 1-3 courtesy of HME Ahrens-Fox.)

David Klein, Abiquiu’s past chief, says, “We knew we needed to get a new engine so we started to look at wildland urban interface (WUI) engines, first those made by KME, then Rosenbauer, and finally HME Ahrens-Fox. We were able to try out an HME Ahrens-Fox WUI pumper in California and found the maneuverability to be amazing, especially with its great turning radius and the Super Singles wheels and tires that seem to float through sand. We received award money from our state legislature and also a loan from the state finance authority, so we were able to purchase an HME Ahrens-Fox WUI engine.”

The rig that Abiquiu purchased, says Jeff Wood, owner of Firefighter Trucks Inc., who sold the WUI pumper to Abiquiu, is built on an HME Ahrens-Fox SFO-MFD chassis and cab, powered by a Cummins B6.7-liter 360-horsepower (hp) diesel engine, and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. Wood says the pumper has a Hale RSD 1,500-gpm pump, a Darley 150-gpm 1-1/2AGE auxiliary pump for pump and roll, a UPF Poly 700-gallon water tank, a 30-gallon foam cell, an Ahrens-Fox Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) with a Vannair compressor, and an Ahrens-Fox Distributed Water Flow system.

Posted: Jun 24, 2021

Photo of the Day: June 24, 2021

Sutphen—Middleton Township Fire Department, Bowling Green, OH, pumper. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax-XS 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 1,000-gallon polypropylene water tank; Akron Apollo deck gun; Roto Rays warning light; Federal Signal warning lights. Dealer: Jeremy Gillen, Herb Fire Equipment Powell, OH.

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Posted: Jun 23, 2021

Marblehead (MA) Approves Fire Apparatus Purchase

Marblehead approved funding to raise $9.25 million to purchase a new fire truck and to finance a library renovation project, reports Wicked Local.

The Marblehead Fire Department can now purchase a new $750,000 fire truck. The new fire truck will replace Engine 1, a 2006 Pierce Pumper truck. The new fire truck is the same as Engine 2, a 2017 Enforcer Pierce Pumper truck.

The new pumper truck will feature a back-up camera, direction lights and, resting atop the apparatus, a 3.6 kilowatt generator. The truck holds 500 gallons and can pump 1,500 gallons per minute.