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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

Cumberland Valley Hose Company Aims Grocery Sale at New Ladder Truck

Posted: Jul 14, 2017

Cumberland Valley Hose Company Aims Grocery Sale at New Ladder Truck

A fire company in Shippensburg is taking a new approach to raise money for a new ladder truck - a grocery sale. Cumberland Valley Hose Company will host a benefit grocery sale Saturday at the Shippensburg Firefighters Activities Center, 33 W. Orange St. in Shippensburg. The sale starts at 11 a.m.

A fire company in Shippensburg is taking a new approach to raise money for a new ladder truck — a grocery sale.

Cumberland Valley Hose Company will host a benefit grocery sale Saturday at the Shippensburg Firefighters Activities Center, 33 W. Orange St. in Shippensburg. The sale starts at 11 a.m. and is expected to last until about 3 p.m. It will be run by Michael “Irish Mike” Sullivan, owner of New Dawn Enterprises of Hanover, who will offer a variety of grocery store items at a fraction of the grocery store cost.

“I guarantee that we can beat any grocery store price by 20 to 60 percent because we don’t have the overhead and we buy quantity,” Sullivan said. “We’re licensed by the Department of Agriculture, inspected regularly, licensed, fully bonded and insured. … And we stand behind everything 100 percent.”

Lauren Ocker, fundraising committee chair for Cumberland Valley Hose Company, said she heard about Sullivan from Andrew Henry, owner of Keystone Gun Sales in Carlisle, who coordinates the fire company’s gun drawings.

Gun drawings, which are held each spring and fall, along with Saturday night Bingo, are the main fundraisers for Cumberland Valley Hose Company. However, with plans to purchase a new ladder truck this year, she said the company needed new fundraising ideas.

Hamden Fire Announce Newest Piece of Equipment

From Hamden Fire: The Hamden Fire Department has taken delivery of its latest piece of apparatus, a 2016 Smeal quintuple combination pumper or quint. The apparatus will serve as a dual purpose engine (pumper) and a 75 ft. ladder truck.

The apparatus will serve as a dual purpose engine (pumper) and a 75 ft. ladder truck. The nick-name “Quint” (derived from quintuple) refers to a vehicle with five functions that provides a pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders capabilities.

LaVergne Fire Dept. Gets a New Sutphen Rescue-Pumper

LaVergne Mayor Dennis Waldron helped to introduce a new fire truck. The new truck is a reserve pump fire truck. The truck is at Fire Station 3 on 301 Bill Stewart Blvd. The truck is part of the City of La Vergne Fire Departments Back-Up Sutphen Rescue Pumper.

The truck is at Fire Station 3 on 301 Bill Stewart Blvd. The truck is part of the City of La Vergne Fire Departments Back-Up Sutphen Rescue Pumper. It will be available to see through Saturday at Fire Station 3.

Colorado Fire Officials to Unveil New Type 3 Fire Engines

DENVER, Colo. - The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control will soon unveil five new "Type 3" fire engines. These new fire engines are equipped with a 600-gallon water tank and 500-gallon-per-minute pump, four-wheel drive and the ability to seat four firefighters.

These new fire engines are equipped with a 600-gallon water tank and 500-gallon-per-minute pump, four-wheel drive and the ability to seat four firefighters.

Type 3 fire engines are commonly referred to as the largest, most rugged and powerful of the wildland fire engine types.

For more information on these units, visit The Rig.