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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

Wellington High School (FL) Getting Fire Apparatus

Posted: Aug 15, 2017

Wellington High School (FL) Getting Fire Apparatus

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue is helping out what may be the next generation of local firefighters. The agency donated an old fire engine to Wellington High School's Fire Academy last week, which will help the students with their hands-on training. The Fire Academy was started at the school in 2013.

Mark Davis, the lead instructor for the class, also teaches at Palm Beach State College and works for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. He said the new engine will help specifically on the hands-on state test, which the students will be able to practice more efficiently.

Surry Community College (NC) Donates Fire Apparatus to Tractor Brown's Museum and Event Center

After a year's worth of repair and refurbishment by automotive students at Surry Community College, Dobson Fire Department's 1958 fire truck left the Dobson campus one recent morning on a journey to its new home - Tractor Brown's Museum and Event Center in Yadkinville.

For several years, the truck was actively used in the training process, but as new technology and trucks were updated, the "vintage" truck was used in a comparison of the foundation of firefighting to the updated equipment.

For more than a year, the college’s automotive technology students and instructors have been working to restore the truck to running order, a task which instructor David Weavil said was monumental. “It was a good experience for the students,” he said. “The brakes didn’t work, and it didn’t crank. It’s sheer size and weight were a challenge in getting it to the shop from the training center.”

Is the Fire Truck of the Future this Wild Gyroscopic Vehicle?

The year is 2037. A skyscraper is in flames. A fire truck speeds to put out the fire, but traffic is at a standstill. Big problem, right? Not for this wonderfully imaginative design for the fire truck of tomorrow, which can elevate above traffic and glide between cars on wheels supported by a pair of gyroscopic columns.

A fire truck speeds to put out the fire, but traffic is at a standstill. Big problem, right? Not for this wonderfully imaginative design for the fire truck of tomorrow, which can elevate above traffic and glide between cars on wheels supported by a pair of gyroscopic columns. And that doesn’t even get us to the huge drone waiting to be deployed when the fire truck reaches the blaze.

Fire Department Awarded Money for New Ladder Truck | C & G Newspapers

ST. CLAIR SHORES — After more than a year of hoping, budgeting and waiting, the St. Clair Shores Fire Department has been awarded a grant to purchase a new “quint” ladder truck, replacing the functions of

The quint that will be purchased with the grant money is a multifunctional ladder truck, Koepp said. It will replace a 1990 quint that has mechanical and structural issues, according to Krotche. The truck is needed for the city to keep its ISO rating, which affects insurance rates in the city, and to give firefighters the tools they need when they have to fight a fire from a higher elevation.