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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.

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Wilburn (AR) Fire Department Needs New Fire Apparatus
Wilburn (AR) Fire Department Needs New Fire Apparatus
Posted: Nov 26, 2018

Wilburn (AR) Fire Department Needs New Fire Apparatus

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The new pumper is an addition to the firehouse’s engine and high-water rescue apparatus. It is also equipped with a bell that has been passed on from rig to rig since 1993, engraved with the words “We always remember our past.”Installing the bell, Fire Department Executive Director Ray Maguire said, was a way “to keep our history alive.”

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The Wilburn Fire Department covers 55 square miles in Cleburne County and District 1 receives hundreds of calls every year.

Combined Fire and EMS your looking at between 250 and 300 calls," Assistant Fire Chief Joanna Vaughan said.

The department relies on a 1978 engine to do most of the work.  

This truck has been our number one attack pumper for the last 16 years," Vaughan.The truck made it's final stop while covering a large structure fire a few weeks ago leaving the department wondering what will happen next.