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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

Farmington (ME) to Use Grant for Rescue Equipment
Farmington (ME) to Use Grant for Rescue Equipment
Posted: Dec 27, 2017

Farmington (ME) to Use Grant for Rescue Equipment

www.centralmaine.com

Selectmen approved acceptance Tuesday of a $13,500 Homeland Security grant to buy a rescue strut kit for Farmington Fire Rescue department. The equipment is used to stabilize larger, heavy-duty vehicles, such as buses or tractor-trailers, during a rescue extrication, Capt. Tim D. Hardy said.

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The department has one rescue strut kit it uses for lighter vehicles, but the new equipment will be able to lift heavy vehicles up to 10 tons and be used for shoring up a collapsed building or trench, Hardy said.  

None of the equipment has been available for response in the local area, Hardy said. With all the large truck traffic, buses and forest and construction vehicles traveling through the area, Hardy explored funding sources.

The new equipment will be housed on the department’s rescue unit, which responds throughout the county and region, according to Hardy. Training to use the equipment is included in the purchase price.

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Franklin-Simpson (KY) Fire Chief Seeks Funding for New Fire Apparatus
Franklin-Simpson (KY) Fire Chief Seeks Funding for New Fire Apparatus
Posted: Dec 27, 2017

Franklin-Simpson (KY) Fire Chief Seeks Funding for New Fire Apparatus

BG DailyNews.com

Franklin-Simpson Fire Rescue is working to persuade Franklin City Commission and Simpson County Fiscal Court to set funding aside during their next budget cycles to help fund a new rescue pumper fire engine.

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Fire Rescue Chief Leslie Goodrum said he wants the department to have a new rescue pumper, which he expects would cost about $350,000, because he wants to replace another firetruck that’s more than three decades old. The truck Goodrum wants to replace is a 1981 model that was purchased used before he became a member of Fire Rescue in the early 2000s, he said, adding that it’s been held in reserve since 2002.
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Driver Dies, Two Firefighters Injured in Crash with Jacksonville Fire Apparatus
Driver Dies, Two Firefighters Injured in Crash with Jacksonville Fire Apparatus
Posted: Dec 27, 2017

Driver Dies, Two Firefighters Injured in Crash with Jacksonville Fire Apparatus

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to a reported crash on Hodges and Danforth early Wednesday morning between a car and a Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department truck. JSO said during a briefing that JFRD was responding to a small brush fire on the side of Hodges Blvd early Wednesday morning and as they were leaving the scene, a vehicle struck the firetruck.

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