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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

Sibley (LA) Fire Department Adds Tanker Pumper Fire Apparatus

Posted: Feb 22, 2017

Sibley (LA) Fire Department Adds Tanker Pumper Fire Apparatus

The Sibley Fire Department and Webster Parish Fire Protection District No. 2 have a brand new tanker pumper to add to their fleet. Fire Chief Tommy Kelly said he is proud of the truck because it adds another 3,000 gallons of water to the fleet.

Fire Chief Tommy Kelly said he is proud of the truck because it adds another 3,000 gallons of water to the fleet. "It's replacing a 1984 truck," he said. "It's a pumper with six attack lines (hoses). It's a first class truck."

The truck cost about $280,000, and was paid for through an ad valorem tax for District 2. Kelly and District 2 Board President Brent Hunt said the Sibley Fire Department and WPFD 2 have an agreement in which the Sibley Fire Department covers District 2. The ad valorem tax is a 10-year tax that started with 10 mills, Hunt said, but this year it has dropped to six, which brings in about $70,000 per year.

Beaufort (NC) Dedicates New, State-of-the-Art Fire Station

Station 54 of the Beaufort Fire Department was dedicated Wednesday morning. The trucks are already moved in and the lights are on at the new state-of-the-art fire department building. The old building was built in 1965, but it was too small for the growing department.

The new building has three bays, which will hold up to six trucks. It also has larger sleeping rooms, an updated kitchen, a break room, a laundry room and office spaces.

Milwaukee Fire Station Reopens After Gunfire Incident

A Milwaukee Fire Station hit by gunfire Friday has reopened. Fire Station 13, at 30th and Locust Streets, is the busiest engine company in the state, according to Battalion Chief Dan Lipski. But following Friday's shooting, the four-person engine company that typically operates out of station 13 was moved to a different facility for a few days as a precaution.

One bullet penetrated a window and ended up lodged in a bookcase, but no one was hurt. Lipski said firefighters were in a different parts of the building eating lunch at the time.

Milwaukee Police continue to investigate the shooting.

Fire Apparatus Hit Head-On by Allegedly Impaired Driver in Kent (WA)

An impaired driver crossed the center line and hit a fire crew's ladder truck head-on Sunday night in Kent, according to a post on Puget Sound Fire's Facebook page. None of the crew on Ladder 74 was hurt.

According to the post, the crash happened shortly after a Kent police car was rear-ended by another impaired driver.