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Welcome

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

Ocean City (NJ) OKs Purchase of Aerial Ladder

Posted: Sep 15, 2017

Ocean City (NJ) OKs Purchase of Aerial Ladder

Ocean City is buying a million-dollar fire truck that will improve the fire department's ability to fight high-rise blazes. The $1.1 million heavy duty aerial ladder truck will replace an aging fire truck plagued by mechanical problems that have cost the city tens of thousands of dollars in repair bills in the past year alone, city officials said...

OCNJ Daily reported on Ocean City's move to purchase a new Pierce aerial ladder. The truck is expected to be delivered next year.

City Business Administrator Jim Mallon explained that the truck’s 107-foot-high boom arm is needed to fight high-rise fires that could strike the taller hotels and condominiums in town.

FL Man Tries to Steal Fire Truck While Crews Respond to Call

Authorities say a drunk man tried to steal a Tamarac Fire Rescue truck while the crew responded to an emergency call.The Broward Sheriff's Office says 32-year-old Eric Blaise climbed into the driver's seat of the fire truck Thursday morning just before sun

CBS12 reported on the case of a drunk man who allegedly tried to steal a Tamarac Fire Rescue apparatus, according to authorities.

Authorities say a fire rescue lieutenant heard the air brakes on the truck release and saw the man at the wheel. Unable to get the truck into gear, the man allegedly bailed out and made a run for it.

Durant (OK) Firefighters Acquire New Fire Truck

The Durant Fire Department this new Sutphen pumper truck that will replace a 1998-model truck that will be kept for backup. Funding for the new truck was from the county's fire sales tax that benefits all fire departments in Bryan County. The fire department will be performing a ceremony at 5:30 p.m.

The Durant Democrat reported on new apparatus coming to the city of Durant, Oklahoma.

PA Fire Truck Blows Tire, Forcing Closure of Highway

WINDBER - No injuries were reported Thursday after a Windber firetruck blew a tire, forcing the road to be shut down, authorities said. The unit was returning from an incident at 5:47 when the tire blew out at Hayes Street and Route 56, forcing the road to be closed for about 2 1/2 hours, Somerset 911 said.

No firefighters were injured when a Windber (PA) fire apparatus blew a tire when it was returning from an incident on Thursday.