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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

Fire Apparatus Struggles with Kettering (UK) Streets

Posted: Sep 13, 2017

Fire Apparatus Struggles with Kettering (UK) Streets

At least 11 drivers were given words of advice after an operation to highlight inappropriate parking near schools in Kettering. On Friday (September 8) officers from the Kettering Neighbourhood Policing Team joined Red Watch from Kettering fire station to patrols streets around Millbrook junior and infant schools, in Churchill Way, and Barton Seagrave Primary School, off Belvior Drive.

PC Michael Norman said: "This kind of parking is a risk to residents, to children who attend these schools, and as we’ve seen today, for emergency services who may be trying to respond to incidents."

Croatia Firefighters Stranded on Fire Apparatus Roof During Flood

The fire departments in the wider Zadar area have been sending people into the field to numerous locations; they reported interventions such as pumping out the water from flooded establishments and removing crushed cars from under fallen trees.

The firefighters in Nin got stuck in the middle of a flooded area, with the water level raising so high, they had to climb up onto the roof of their fire engine.

Newport Beach (CA) Approves $4 Million Land Purchase for New Fire Station

The city will move forward with plans to spend $4 million to purchase land on the Balboa Peninsula that will serve as the new site for one of its now eight fire stations.

In a 6-1 vote on Tuesday, Sept. 12, with Mayor Kevin Muldoon dissenting, the city council endorsed purchasing a closed McDonald’s restaurant at 2708 Newport Boulevard that will be used as the future site for Fire Station No. 2.

The existing fire facility, located at 475 32nd St., is too small at 11,612 square-feet, has insufficient parking for fire personnel and does not provide proper circulation for fire vehicles responding to emergencies, according to a staff report.

San Antonio Fire Apparatus Involved in Collision

A car sideswiped a fire truck on the northwest side, pinning the man in his 60's driving the car under the fire truck. The accident happened at Fredericksburg Road near Edison. The San Antonio Fire Department says that it took 12 minutes to extract the driver from his vehicle because of the extensive damage to the car and to the fire truck.

No firefighters were hurt in the accident but the fire truck was significantly damaged. The fire truck was less than a year old and cost an estimated $700,000 to $1 million according to Chief Hood.