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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: May 27, 2021

Streamwood’s (IL) Station 33 Getting Renovations

Several Streamwood (IL) facilities are getting work done as part of $4 million in capital projects, including the fire department’s Station 33, reports DailyHerald.com.

Lombard-based MTI Construction will manage the projects which include the village hall’s basement restrooms and two village maintenance garages. Work is expected to begin in the coming weeks and is expected to be completed by 2022.

Town officials say funds for the project were earmarked as part of multi-year plan to refurbish facilities that began in 2016.

The station is one of three in the village and was built in 1991; its sanitary sewer system will be upgraded. Renovations will also include some reconfiguration and adding individual bunks and individual bathrooms. Two maintenance garages will also be refurbished.

The new design will follow the concept of Station 31, which was recently built and opened April 1.

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Posted: May 27, 2021

Sedgwick County (KS) Fire Department Christens Station 31, Ready to Move In

The Sedgwick County (KS) Fire Department recently held a ceremony for the opening of its Station 31 in Andale, reports kfdi.com.

The new digs will serve the Andale area and northwest Sedgwick County. Firefighters will move into the facility today.

Station 31 was completed in nine months at a cost of $2.2 million.

“Congratulations to the firefighters of Fire District #1!” the department wrote on Facebook.

“Today, Sedgwick County commissioners helped open Fire Station #31.

“***Firefighters will not occupy the facility until Thursday, May 27.***

“‘The men and women of Fire District #1 are looking forward to serving the community through this new building. I was a young lieutenant when we moved into the old building down the road, so I appreciate the work and support of being able to move into this new building,'” Sedgwick County Fire Chief Doug Williams told those in attendance.

“The project was completed in nine months, costing more than $2.2 million dollars.

“‘This fire station was a long time coming,” said Commissioner David Dennis, District 3. “This new space will help serve the Andale community well into the future as we welcome new families into our community.'”

Posted: May 27, 2021

Explorer Pipeline Donates Truck to Freedom Hill (OK) Volunteer Fire Department

Tulsa (OK) company Explorer Pipeline recently donated a truck to the Freedom Hill Volunteer Fire Department, reports News9.com.

With resources at a minimum as a volunteer-based department, department officials say the apparatus will be of great help. In March, one of the department’s trucks was stuck while fighting a fire in Mannford, and, before they could get the it moved, it caught fire and was destroyed.

An Explorer Pipeline official says the company remembered how the volunteer firefighters helped battle the 2012 Creek County Wildfires, so it wanted to give back.

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Posted: May 27, 2021

McRae-Helena (GA) Fire Department Adds 78-Foot Aerial

The McRae-Helena (GA) Fire Department has added a new, 78-foot aerial to its fleet thanks to a pair of grants, reports wgxa.tv.

The apparatus comes with a 36-foot ladder, and firefighters are still training on it.

The grants totaled close to $1 million, while the truck itself cost more than $700,000. The additional funds allowed the department to purchase other equipment, too—e.g., a compressor system and 12 new self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).