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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

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority Prepares for Plane Accident

Posted: Jul 20, 2017

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority Prepares for Plane Accident

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority officials just dropped $807,000 on a piece of equipment they hope they never use. In a demonstration that simulated a response to a plane crash, the authority Thursday unveiled the Lehigh Valley International Airport's new Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicle.

Resembling the "Urban Assault Vehicle" from the 1981 movie "Stripes," the new firefighting apparatus is designed to quickly get help to a burning plane, even if it has skidded off the runway into difficult terrain.

"Airports don't have fire hydrants on the airfield, which means ARFF must rapidly transport the necessary water supply directly to an emergency and this top-of-the-line response vehicle further enhances the safety of our passengers," said Charles Everett, airport executive director.

Brockville (Canada) Fire Apparatus Now Teaching Tool

It’s put in its time in service of the community; now, this 20-year-old Brockville Fire Department war horse may dedicate the rest of its days to teaching.

Brockville council is expected to vote next week on a motion to donate a retired 1997 pumper truck to St. Lawrence College, for use by the Brockville campus’s pre-service firefighter program

Driver Killed Following Crash With Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Apparatus

An early morning crash killed one person after the car they were driving slammed into a Miami-Dade fire truck Thursday.

" " Officials say the accident occurred just before Northwest 74th Street around 2:30 a.m. Fire rescue crews had responded to a call of a separate hit and run crash at the location and had blocked off the road when a 2014 Hyundai Sonata hit the fire truck.

The driver, 57-year-old Lizardo Alvarez, died at the scene.

"Standard acting procedures are to block the incoming traffic, so our drivers position our vehicles in a way to block traffic," said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Capt. Ernie Jillson.

Opioid Epidemic Overwhelms Delray Beach

WATCH LIVE: O.J.

The cost of dealing with the problem is staggering.

This year, the city is projected to spend more than $3 million on personnel and equipment for first responders who deal with overdoses.

"I don't think anybody wants to die and they know that they just almost died, but yet they cannot not shoot up again," Delray Beach Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Todd Lynch said.

In some cases, fire rescue may make a run to treat the same person several times a day.