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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

Chalk Bluf VFD (TX) Fire Apparatus Could Be Repossessed

Posted: May 25, 2017

Chalk Bluf VFD (TX) Fire Apparatus Could Be Repossessed

The Chalk Bluff Volunteer Fire Department was scrambling Wednesday to come up with a plan to save one of its trucks. The department has defaulted on a rural loan through the United States Department of Agriculture that was used to buy the pumper, Fire Chief Mike Meadors said.

Meadors said the department took out the loan for a pumper truck in 2004, but has not made a payment since 2011.

Officials need $73,000 to become current on the loan or the truck could be repossessed.

New Waco (KY) Fire Apparatus Quickly Put to Work

Nearly 11 years after an embezzlement case forced it to file bankruptcy, the Waco Volunteer Fire Department accepted delivery last Thursday of a new, custom-built fire engine. Following a tradition dating back to horse-drawn, steam-powered engines, volunteers pushed the engine back into the fire station bay with their own strength.

The $290,000 truck was purchased with a $174,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a $116,000 loan from People’s Bank of Madison County. The department had finally paid off the loan on its modern fire station, valued at $200,000, and the bank used it as collateral, Waco VFD Assistant Chief Jason Rawlins said.

The volunteers respond to nearly 150 structure fires annually, Rawlins said. But since it also began responding to automobile fires 18 months ago, the number of calls in a year has risen to about 200, Rawlins said.