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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

CPR for Windsor fire truck

Posted: Apr 4, 2017

CPR for Windsor fire truck

A PIECE of Windsor history has surfaced after an old fire engine's owner started digging up its past. Vintage vehicle collector and restorer John Donaldson of Cameron Park at Newcastle bought a 1924 Garford fire engine nearly five years ago.

He said that according to the Museum of Fire and various historical societies he contacted, including Hawkesbury and Kurrajong-Comleroy, it was originally commissioned at Eastwood in May, 1924, then went to Narrabri, Windsor, Coonamble and then was finally decommissioned in June, 1960 at Canowindra.

“According to newspaper articles from the time it would appear that the original Garford fire engine stationed at Windsor overturned after a collision with a calf in 1936 and was eventually replaced with another engine in 1938,” he said.

“I believe this to be the engine I have. It stayed at Windsor until March 1948. It had a blown-up engine and was missing its wheels and other various parts.”

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Donation of Fire Engine to Department in Need and Three Public Hearings on April 3 Town Council Agenda

Posted: Apr 4, 2017

Donation of Fire Engine to Department in Need and Three Public Hearings on April 3 Town Council Agenda

Donation of Fire Engine to Department in Need and Three Public Hearings on April 3 Town Council Agenda We hope you will join us Monday, April 3 for the Clayton Town Council meeting beginning 6:30 p.m. at The Clayton Center, 111 East Second Street in Downtown Clayton.

Tender Task Force Drill in Ocean County

Firefighters from Ocean County participated Saturday in a Tender Task Force drill. Fire companies attending included Stafford, Eagleswood, West Tuckerton, Tuckerton, Parkertown, Barnegat, Waretown, Warren Grove and Cassville. Water tenders - sometimes called tankers - hold thousands of gallons of water and are used in areas without fire hydrants or when hydrant systems cannot deliver enough water to fight a fire.

A tender task force consists of tenders from many fire departments. Firefighters drill together periodically to practice establishing and using a water supply for a massive incident.

Aurora Looks to Build New Fire Station on West Side

Aurora could soon be building a new West Side fire station that has been in the works for almost 10 years. Aldermen are considering a resolution to hire R.C. Wegman, of Aurora, to be the construction manager and work with Dewberry Architects Inc. to construct Fire Station 7 on Kenilworth Avenue in Lincoln Park.

Fire officials have said they would like to have the new station operational by mid-December.

The new station will be built on land next door to the old fire station. After that, the second phase of the project is to tear down the old station, and do the requisite landscaping there.