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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: Oct 20, 2017

Another Fire Truck Rollover - This Time, Into A Creek

The following is from a report ccovering an apparatus rollover involving an wildland fire apparatus:

 

On 27 August 2017, a Type 6 contract engine was conducting structure triage assessments while assigned to the Miller Complex in southwestern Oregon, managed by a Type 1 Incident Management Team (IMT). The crew had just resumed their trip after a short break when the driver came too close to the edge of the roadway and rolled down a steep embankment into a shallow creek.

The engine driver was not wearing his seatbelt and was seriously injured. Although not ejected, the driver was partially pinned underneath the engine, and partially submersed in the creek. The other two engine crewmembers were seat-belted, received minor injuries, and tried to radio for help.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Dump Truck Driver Charged Following Crash with Indianapolis Fire Truck

White crashed into a fire engine on Wednesday at W. 43rd Street and N. Capitol Avenue.

When questioned by police, White said he did not have a license.

White was also wanted for driving while suspended with priors, records show.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Fire Station to Be Remodeled

 It will provide new energy-efficient light tubes, overhead doors, swamp coolers, technology upgrades, an American with Disabilities Act-compliant entrance and breezeway and an Environmental Protection Agency-required oil separator.

“Although many of the renovations are designed to improve the energy efficiency and ever-increasing maintenance costs of the aging facility, there are other improvements that will address facility access and safety issues,” Nicholson said.

The city has allocated $565,000 for the improvements in this fiscal year’s budget.

The 12,000-square-foot fire station has four garages for trucks and ambulances, along with living quarters for staff who work multiple day shifts.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Ocean Springs firefighters to get new $425,000 truck

Aldermen included the $425,000 expenditure in the 2018 fiscal year budget, but the truck will come at no cost to taxpayers. Instead, the City will follow the same blueprint as seven years ago -- the last time the fire department obtained a new truck -- and borrow the money from the bank on a 10-year note and pay the annual debt service with funds received from a yearly insurance rebate received from the state, according to City Clerk Shelly Ferguson.

The new truck will be a pumper -- or "engine" -- said assistant chief David Wicker, replacing a 21-year-old truck. The last time the OSFD purchased a new truck was in 2010 -- also a pumper, meaning the department will have two pumper trucks less than 10 year old.

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Fire Mechanics Section Board

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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