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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

Livingston Fire and Rescue Gets Brand New Fire Truck

Posted: Jul 6, 2017

Livingston Fire and Rescue Gets Brand New Fire Truck

The fire truck has been a long time coming. The current aging Engine 1 is a 1996 model at the end of its life expectancy as a primary engine. The $590,000 new truck was paid for through a general obligation bond passed by taxpayers in November 2015.

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Posted: Jul 6, 2017

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Rosenbauer Quint

Eureka (MO) Fire Protection District EXT 109-foot Smart Viper aerial quint. Commander 4000 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX15 600-hp engine; Reyco Granning independent front suspension.

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Baltimore Investigating Why Two Hydrants Didn't Work During Curtis Bay Fire

Posted: Jul 5, 2017

Baltimore Investigating Why Two Hydrants Didn't Work During Curtis Bay Fire

Baltimore fire officials are investigating why two fire hydrants didn't work Monday during a fast-moving blaze that damaged 10 rowhouses and forced about two dozen people from their homes. "We're trying to figure out what happened," Baltimore fire chief Niles Ford said Wednesday.

Ford said the two hydrants that malfunctioned had been checked recently — one nine days before the fire; the other 44 days prior.

"Our people are trained to be able to navigate around these circumstances," Ford said, adding that firefighters quickly found other water sources to put out the flames.

More than 80 firefighters battled the fire Monday afternoon that spread rapidly from rowhouse to rowhouse along the 1600 block of Hazel Street in Curtis Bay. Two people were injured, including a firefighter.

Provo (UT) First Motorized Fire Apparatus Turns 100

When Jack Hopkinson was a kid, he would hear Provo's first motorized fire engine driving by his house as it responded to incidents. He said the truck made a ring-a-ding-ding sound as it went tearing by. Over the years, he developed a friendship with three firemen in his neighborhood and a special interest in the fire engine.

That truck, a 1917 American LaFrance, is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. It's a milestone that might have gone unnoticed as the truck sat in a barn in Sun Valley, Idaho, if it weren't for Hopkinson, who found it there in the 1980s and worked to restore it.

These days the truck continues to "delight the hearts of children of all ages," as Hopkinson likes to say, when it makes its way through the Freedom Festival's Grand Parade and when it's on display for Pioneer Day at North Park.

But when Hopkinson found Old No. 1, the once-shiny red truck was in rough shape.