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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: Apr 10, 2019

Emergency Reporting Partners with PSTrax to Offer Streamlined Operations Checks and Maintenance Request Management for Busy First Responders

April 10, 2019, Bellingham, WA – Emergency Reporting (ER), a leader in cloud-based Fire and EMS records management, is pleased to announce its partnership with PSTrax, the industryleading system for paperless operations checks and inventory management. 

ER’s Fire and EMS Records Management Software (RMS) serves as a platform for many first response agencies to house all of their data, from personnel files to patient care records and occupancy information.  The new integration with PSTrax now also makes it possible to seamlessly share operations checks and maintenance data to ER.  This saves personnel time and greatly increases visibility into an agency’s compliance and operations. 

Traditionally, first response agencies have managed checks and inventory on paper, spreadsheets or disparate systems.  PSTrax integrates all these checks and inventories – Vehicles, SCBA, PPE, Critical Assets, Stations and Narcotics – into an easy-to-use system that is proven (since 2009) and highly adopted by crews.   

PSTrax recognizes each department is as unique as the communities they serve, and most departments don’t have time to take on another project.  PSTrax provides a “full service” solution and manages the entire implementation for you.  The PSTrax team takes your apparatus, equipment and inventory checks and builds a turnkey system that is customconfigured for your department’s requirements.  PSTrax also recognizes how fast things change for first response agencies, so their team acts as your “administrative assistant” and makes ongoing changes to the system when needed.  

 “PSTrax builds long-term relationships with each of our client partners.  As part of that commitment, we constantly work to improve the client experience we provide and to bring the most value through our solution.  We are very excited about the integration with ER because it accomplishes both these goals.  With PSTrax, you can rest easy knowing checks and inventories are being completed and a full history is being documented for every task and inventory.  Ultimately, this ensures a safer work environment, reduces crew labor and provides the necessary information needed for compliance, audits and litigation, all for an affordable price that is often 5X less than the cost of paper checks,” says Ryan Larson, Vice President Business Development at PSTrax. “Now our clients who use ER will have an even more efficient and streamlined experience thanks to this new partnership and integration.” 

With the integration between PSTrax and ER, first response agencies are able to automate the completion of their operations checks and sync the creation and management of maintenance tickets.  As crews complete their operations checks in PSTrax, they can create “alerts” that will automatically sync with the ER Maintenance module and create a maintenance record for that apparatus.  As updates are made to the maintenance record in PSTrax, those updates automatically sync back into the ER Maintenance module as well. 

“Many ER customers also use PSTrax, so we’re thrilled to be able to team up with them and offer this integration,” says Dave Adams, Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Emergency Reporting. “ER and PSTrax users don’t have to worry about entering the same kind of data twice into two separate systems. This is why we are continuously expanding our network of partners and integrations – so that we can make things much easier for customers and save them time and money.” 

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Posted: Apr 10, 2019

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-

This pumper on a commercial chassis is assisting at one of the various H.O.T. evolutions offered at FDIC International 2019. 

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Posted: Apr 9, 2019

Athens (TX) Fire Chief Gets Approval for Fire Apparatus

 
 

The new apparatus is a Pierce fire truck purchased from Siddons Martin Emergency Group to replace the 2008 model Fire Engine 2, at the North Athens Fire Station on Texas 19. The bid proposal for the truck and the equipment required to get it ready for service totaled more than $828,349.  

Fire Engine 2 has been down for repairs and also failed the required annual pump certification test. The council had already budgeted for the new fire engine. The Pierce truck will be financed by U.S. Bankcorp Government Leasing and Finance, for a 10-year period at 2.97 percent interest.

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Posted: Apr 9, 2019

Effingham (IL) Considers Fire Station Renovation

 
 

The new location, if approved by the council, will come with the purchase and remodeling of the former Apria Healthcare building at 500 W. Jaycee Ave.  

City Administrator Steve Miller said the net value of the property will be about $800,000, compared to construction of a new station, at an estimated $2 to $3 million.

The purchase of the building will cost the city $405,000. He said remodeling the Jaycee Avenue building has been estimated to cost about $600,000.

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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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Secretary

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Secretary

Greg Bach
South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue
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Director #1

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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Legislative Representative

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Legislative Representative

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Immediate Past Chair

Posted: Oct 20, 2015

Immediate Past Chair

Brian Fortner
Graham Fire & Rescue

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