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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

San Diego (CA) Fire Station Rehab Nearly Done

Posted: Aug 30, 2017

San Diego (CA) Fire Station Rehab Nearly Done

Fire Station 17 is scheduled to be complete in late November. "It will be beautiful," said Sandra. "[It's] another gem in the community, like the police station." Sandra, 63, was referring to the almost-completed Fire Station 17 at 4206 Chamoune Avenue in City Heights.

This is San Diego’s busiest fire station, covering four square miles. In 2016, Fire Station 17 had 6530 responses from their temporary location at 4000 41st Street (across the street from Aibertos on University Avenue); 4673 were for emergency medical reasons and 434 were for fire-related calls.

The new construction cost about $11 million to build, which is part of the “$120 million ‘megabond’ whose proceeds will go toward fixing San Diego’s crumbling infrastructure,” as reported by NBC 7 San Diego in early 2014.

Flint (MI) Celebrates Re-Opening of Fire Station

The Flint Fire Department began staffing Station 8 on Sunday, Aug. 27, manning it with four-person crews working 24-hour shifts. Those crews serve as first responders for fires and medical emergencies in Flint south of Interstate 69 and Lippincott Boulevard.

A staffing shortfall forced the Flint Fire Department to shutter Station 8 in 2014. Afterward, crews from Station 1, in downtown Flint, took up the slack, with other stations responding as necessary.

With Station 8 back online, the department hopes to shave minutes off of response times in South Flint, said Sgt. Brody Dietzel, who was overseeing the station on Tuesday. "The response time is going to be drastically cut," he said. "Station One was getting ran to pieces."

Three Firefighters Working Miller Fire (OR) Injured in Fire Apparatus Crash

Three firefighters working on the Miller wildfire complex burning around the area of Applegate Lake were injured in a fire-engine crash Sunday afternoon.One firefighter was seriously injured, while two others received minor injuries, according to a news release.

The crash happened when the engine rolled off the road near the junction of U.S. Forest Service roads 1030 and 1035.

The names of the injured, along with details about their condition and specific time of the incident, were not immediately available.

FoxFury's NomadÂ® T56 True to Life™ Scene Light Selected as a JEMS Hot Product from EMS Today 2017

Oceanside, CA - FoxFury Lighting Solutions and JEMS (Journal of Emergency Medical Services) are proud to announce the selection of FoxFury Nomad T56 True to Life Scene Light as a Hot Product from the JEMS EMS Today Conference & Exposition, which was held February 23-25 in Salt Lake City.

The FoxFury NomadÂ® T56 portable treatment light was selected after a team of eight judges consisting of emergency medical services (EMS) product specialists, physicians, educators, managers and paramedics, reviewed a host of product contenders - from vehicles to equipment to mobile apps to training aids - all released within the 12 months immediately preceding the EMS Today Conference & Exposition.

Each judge reviewed products designed to not only improve the ability to deliver optimal emergency medical care to sick and injured patients, but also allow EMS agencies to do it safely, more efficiently and with enhanced comfort for the patient.

Products were rated on a 1-10 scale in four distinct categories:

1) Originality

2) Functionality

3) Ease of use

4) Need in an EMS setting

The FoxFury NomadÂ® T56 portable treatment light was one of only 30 products selected as Hot Products after the EMS Today Hot Products review team reviewed and rated 58 products submitted by 52 companies.

FoxFury NomadÂ® T56 True to Life Scene Light is a specialty LED scene light that offers true perspective and colors. Its 8,200 lumens can be used to light up treatment areas - from an MCI area, to starting an IV, to the performance of field surgical procedures. It is cordless, submersible, self-contained, rechargeable and can be deployed (and stowed) in seconds.

"Seconds count when lives are on the line. The FoxFury T56 enables paramedics to quickly and effectively light treatment areas and have free hands to administer care. It's cordless, all-weather and self-contained design enables it to travel to places that ambulances and other emergency vehicles cannot reach," said Antonio Cugini, Director of Marketing for FoxFury Lighting Solutions.

JEMS Editor-in-Chief and EMS Today Conference Chairman A.J. Heightman said, "There were an amazing group of Hot Product submissions for our reviewers to review and rate this year. All of the products reviewed were extremely innovative and well designed for the EMS industry, showing that our industry is keeping pace with the current science of emergency medicine and developing or upgrading their products to stay out in front of the science and technology curve."

The selection of the final 30 Hot Products appears in the June issue of JEMS and can also be viewed at www.jems.com/2017-hot-products.

About FoxFury Lighting Solutions:

FoxFury Lighting Solutions makes innovative, premium, portable, anywhere lighting tools. Known for their cordless Nomad LED scene lights and panoramic headlamps since 2003, FoxFury has produced all-LED lighting solutions for professional markets including fire, police, military, industrial and photo/film. FoxFury Lighting Solutions is located in sunny Oceanside, CA. Visit www.foxfury.com for more information.

ABOUT JEMS

JEMS is the authoritative source of information on prehospital emergency care for EMS providers worldwide. Each month, JEMS presents provocative and challenging articles and columns on clinical breakthroughs, industry news and trends, new products and continuing education. Visit www.JEMS.com for more information.

ABOUT EMS TODAY

The EMS Today Conference and Exposition, now in its 37th year, is a leader in providin