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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

New Lexington Fire Station Opens

Posted: Jul 6, 2017

New Lexington Fire Station Opens

A ribbon cutting Thursday morning will make Station #2 officially open, the first new fire station in Lexington in 12 years. The new fire station on Eastland Drive actually opened a few weeks ago, and is already considered one of the busiest stations in Lexington, with 240 fire and emergency runs every month.

The new fire station on Eastland Drive actually opened a few weeks ago, and is already considered one of the busiest stations in Lexington, with 240 fire and emergency runs every month.

The new station features geothermal heat, LED lighting, and elaborate, state-of-the-art, doors for the engines to pull out, all at a cost of about $5.5 million.

Smaller Fire Engines 'Plagued by Faults'- Union

CONTROVERSIAL new fire engines have suffered from a series of technical faults, putting crews and public at risk, a union leader has claimed. The smaller Tactical Response Vehicles (TRVs) started attending incidents in North Yorkshire towns including Tadcaster earlier this year.

The smaller Tactical Response Vehicles (TRVs) started attending incidents in North Yorkshire towns including Tadcaster earlier this year.

Steve Howley, of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), says they have suffered from problems including the failure of brakes and on-board water pumps, and the vehicles have also snaked across the road.

He said the latest incident happened last Wednesday, when a TRV broke down while en route to an emergency incident in Harrogate.

Union Bay Buys Surplus Fire Engine from Comox

Union Bay Fire Chief Mark Jackson, left, takes over truck from Comox Fire Chief Gord Schreiner. Union Bay buys surplus fire engine from Comox Union Bay has bought a surplus fire engine from Comox Fire Rescue. Comox has recently purchased a new fire engine to replace its 1995 fire engine making the older one surplus.

Comox has maintained a fleet of three fire engines for over 50 years and replaces each engine when it is about 20-years old. The replacement of these fire engines are scheduled well in advance.

By doing so Comox is able to maintain a very good insurance rating for their community and maintain a modern fleet of equipment for their firefighters to use.

With this purchase Union Bay fire department will be increasing its pumping capacity and improving safety for its firefighters.

New Fire Engine Pays Tribute to Fallen Austintown (OH) Firefighter

Members of the Austintown Fire Department are remembering one of their own this Independence Day. A new fire engine named after fallen firefighter John Fritz hit the road for the first time during Austintown's Fourth of July parade Tuesday afternoon. It's believed Fritz died in his sleep last summer while on duty.

"His fingerprint on the department is all over the place," Tom O'Hara said, Austintown firefighter.

O'Hara says he and Fritz joined the department at the same time back in 1992.

"Everything we do at the fire station, he had a hand in doing," O'Hara said.

"You couldn't ask for a more dedicated guy," John McHenry said. "There wasn't anything in this department that he didn't know or know how to do or how to fix."