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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

$645,000 for New Engine Not Alarming Swampscott

Posted: May 8, 2017

$645,000 for New Engine Not Alarming Swampscott

ITEM PHOTO BY SPENSER HASAK The Swampscott Fire Department is hoping to get funding to replace Engine 22, which has been in use for more than 20 years. By ...

Replacing the 1997 rig, which is currently a reserve fire apparatus, has been in the department's capital plan for six years. The engine has nearly 70,000 miles on it.

The department's frontline fire apparatus is a 2009 rig with 43,000 miles on it. If the department receives the funds to replace the 1997 rig, the 2009 unit will go into reserve status.

Fire Truck Ignites at Grandview Fire Station

Firefighters worked a call at their own station on Harry S. Truman Dr. after a fire truck caught fire Sunday night.

The fire was put out using a second truck. The burned truck will be towed away for the damage to be assessed.

No injuries were reported.

Truck Transfer Agreement Upgrades Fire Protection

Officials came together Sunday to transfer a firetruck title between two departments as part of a standing agreement that bolsters Cass Township's fire protection services.

Acquiring the 2007 truck has allowed St. Henry’s department to sell its 1997 E-1 pumper — that machine was party to a similar title transfer 10 years ago — to a fire department in Texas. Those proceeds are now being used to upgrade the St. Henry department’s pumper/tanker truck.

Volney Fire Department Receives Grant to Replace Breathing Equipment

For firefighters in Oswego County, it's out with the old equipment and in with the new after receiving a sizable amount of money. The Volney Fire Department was awarded $40,000 as part of the Assistant Firefighter Grant, AFG. This federally funded money is

The new system will help make the process of fighting a fire not only safer, but more efficient. Right now under the current 20-year-old system, it takes crews about fifteen minutes to fill one bottle with air. However, that will soon change with the new Cascade System and firefighters will be able to fill three bottles in the time it took them to fill one beforehand.