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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

Grant Money Will Aid in Purchase of New Fire Truck for Rehobeth

Posted: Jul 25, 2017

Grant Money Will Aid in Purchase of New Fire Truck for Rehobeth

Grant money will help Rehobeth Fire and Rescue replace a 34-year-old truck that had been bleeding the town with expensive repairs. Two grants totaling $387,600 were awarded through the FEMA Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The grants were supplied through FEMA's 2016 grant cycle.

Two grants totaling $387,600 were awarded through the FEMA Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The grants were supplied through FEMA’s 2016 grant cycle.

One grant falls under FEMA’s vehicle acquisition program, and the second grant falls under FEMA’s operations and equipment program.

“We are very excited about receiving the grants through FEMA,” said Rehobeth Fire Chief Todd Phillips. “The grants give us $275,000 toward a new fire truck, and $112,600 which will go toward new equipment needed by the department. The grants required a matching portion of $13,000. Thankfully, the Town of Rehobeth agreed to pay the matching funds we needed. If the town had not matched the funds our department would not have received the two grants.”

Kingston Buys Used Fire Engine from New Paltz, Awaits Delivery of New Ladder Truck

KINGSTON, N.Y. >> The city has purchased a used fire truck from the New Paltz Fire Department and expects to have a new ladder truck delivered about three months from now.

The New Paltz truck, a 1995 pumper, can put out 1,750 gallons of water per minute and will be used when one of Kingston’s other pumper trucks is out of service, which is often, city Fire Chief Mark Brown said Monday. The New Paltz truck brings the city’s pumper total to five.

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Spartan ER Pumper

Forney (TX) Fire Department, pumper. Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 750-gallon polypropylene tank.

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Bullet Strikes Ambulance En Route to Minneapolis

Posted: Jul 24, 2017

Bullet Strikes Ambulance En Route to Minneapolis

Paramedics with Hennepin EMS en route to a call had to summon help for themselves after a bullet came through the windshield of their ambulance.

One paramedic was hit by shards of glass when the bullet passed through the windshield and into the ambulance about 1:39 a.m. Monday in the area of Hennepin Avenue S. and the Lyndale/Groveland avenues area in Minneapolis, officials said.

The ambulance was heading to a Code 2 call without its lights or siren on when paramedics said they heard what sounded like several gunshots in the area not far from the Walker Art Center, officials said. A Minneapolis police report said the paramedics reported that their vehicle had been shot at.