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RECENT FIRE MECHANIC NEWS

Posted: Jan 3, 2017

Tamarac (FL) Plans to Build Fire Station Closer to Retirement Complex

The numbers are not what Tamarac's Fire Department wants to see: 20 minutes in response to a 911 call in November, and more than 17 minutes to show to another call the very next day. 

To improve response times to calls made from a district that includes Kings Point, the gated retirement enclave, Tamarac plans to build a fire station in the heart of that community.

The city aims to arrive to 911 calls in eight minutes or less, fire officials said.

It hits that benchmark almost 82 percent of the time in the zone framed to the west by the Sawgrass Expressway, to the north by Southgate Boulevard, to the east by Nob Hill Road and to the south by McNab Road.

Records of 911 calls made in 2016 of that zone show some callers were left waiting upward of 10 minutes. In rare cases, it took first responders 17 minutes or longer to arrive, records show.

Assistant Fire Chief Percy Sayles said the nearest fire station is on Hiatus Road, and with no direct road connecting Hiatus with Nob Hill, "you're behind the eight ball already."

The city's plan: move one of the city's ambulances from the Hiatus station to a new station within shouting distance of Kings Point itself in 2017.

The station, to be at first created from trailers, could be set up on Kings Point property at a parking lot, or at the city's Sports Complex.

There is no pricetag attached to the project yet.

Although the ambulance would not be reserved exclusively for Kings Point — it would serve the entire zone — the bulk of calls for emergency help often come from that area, officials said.

A review of seven of the longest-to-respond calls — all 14 minutes and 51 seconds or longer — show no deaths were reported, and the calls for service included falls without injury, one call of an unknown nature, and a resident locked out of a home.

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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

New Fire Station Planned for Klein (TX) Area

A September opening is planned for the new Fire Station No. 8 of the Klein Volunteer Fire Department, while two existing stations undergo interior renovations to better meet department needs.
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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

London Ambulance Response Times Delayed by Technical Glitch

Ambulance response times were delayed in London overnight after technical problems hit the control room, the ambulance service has said. It is understood the computer system crashed, so calls had to be recorded by pen and paper for nearly five hours on one of the busiest nights of the year.
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Posted: Jan 3, 2017

Video Shows Ambulance Ran Red Light in Naperville (IL) Crash

A surveillance video shows an Aurora Fire Department ambulance going through a red traffic light prior to an early Tuesday morning crash in Naperville that left two paramedics and a Naperville woman injured.

Security videotape taken by the Mobil service station at the northeast corner of Aurora and Ogden avenues, viewed Tuesday morning by the Naperville Sun, caught the image of Aurora Fire Department Paramedic Unit 8 as it traveled west on Aurora Avenue and went through a red light before striking what police said was a 1998 Toyota Camry.

A similar videotape was made by Woody Buick GMC, directly across Ogden Avenue from the gas station. The dealership owner declined to make the tape available to the Sun but sales consultant Jerry Iverson said what he viewed was similar to what was shown on the Mobil tape.

"It looks as if the ambulance went through the red light while heading west on Aurora Avenue, and the Camry was going on Ogden at the time," Iverson said.

It is not known if the ambulance had its lights and sirens activated at the time of the crash. A dense fog advisory was in effect when the collision occurred.

Naperville police Cmdr. Jason Arres, the department's public information officer, was not available to comment on the content of the videos.

The crash occurred about 3:25 a.m. Police found the ambulance on its side and the Camry – driven by a 52-year-old woman -- off the roadway and in the Woody Buick GMC used vehicle parking lot.

 

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Fire Mechanics Section Board

Chair

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Chair

Elliot Courage
North Whatcom Fire & Rescue
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Vice Chair

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Vice Chair

Mike Smith 
Pierce County Fire District #5
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Secretary

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Secretary

Greg Bach
South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue
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Director #1

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #1

Doug Jones
South Kitsap Fire & Rescue
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Director #2

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #2

Paul Spencer 
Fire Fleet Maintenance LLC
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Director #3

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #3

Jim Morris
Mountain View Fire Department
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Director #4

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #4

Arnie Kuchta

Clark County Fire District 6

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Director #6

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #6

Brett Annear
Kitsap County Fire District 18
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Director #5

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #5

Jay Jacks
Camano Island Fire & Rescue
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Legislative Representative

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

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Immediate Past Chair

Posted: Oct 20, 2015

Immediate Past Chair

Brian Fortner
Graham Fire & Rescue

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