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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

Paramedic, Patient Injured When Ambulance Crashes in Grantville (CA)

Posted: May 11, 2017

Paramedic, Patient Injured When Ambulance Crashes in Grantville (CA)

A patient and an paramedic were injured when an ambulance rolled onto its side in Grantville early Wednesday. The patient was being transported in the ambulance when it crashed on Friars Road around 4 a.m., according to San Diego police Sgt. Tom Sullivan.

The condition of the two people injured in the accident has not yet been released. Sullivan had no information on the cause of the accident.

New Ambulances in England Rolled Out for Obese Patients

Ambulance services across England have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds to ensure vehicles can cope with a growing number of obese patients. Bariatric ambulances are specially-designed and equipped in response to a 10-fold spike in hospital visits linked to obesity in the past decade The number of admissions has increased from 52,000 in 2006 to 520,000 in 2016.

Figures show the north west had the highest number of obesity-related admissions in 2016, with 78,000.

The North West Ambulance Service has eight bariatric vehicles, used 40,000 times in four years, and has spent Â£184,000 on specialist equipment since 2015.

Hasting (NE) Fire Department Gets New Ambulance

Medical calls have tripled in the last five years for the city of Hastings. That is why the Hastings Fire Department said it was time to order an additional ambulance.Even just last week, we had five calls in about 20 to 25 minutes.

The station already has four ambulances, but with the kind of call volume they're receiving, Fire Chief Kent Gilbert said it's not enough.

"We started the EMS side of this about five years ago," Gilbert said. "Our calls have tripled so we're seeing an increase in demand. At that time, we purchased some new ambulances. The new ambulance will take some of the strain off of those, plus it will help us meet those increasing numbers."

Simplex Aerospace to Deliver SkyCannonÂ® to Chinese Customer

Simplex Aerospace SkyCannonÂ®

SimplexÂ® Aerospace announced it has received a new order for a high-rise firefighting system (Simplex SkyCannonÂ®) and fire attack system for the AVICOPTER (AVIC) AC313 helicopter. The new SkyCannonÂ® for the AC 313 is called the Simplex Model 580. The Model 580 SkyCannonÂ® uses the 1,000-gallon Simplex Model 380A Fire AttackÂ® (FAS) system as a water source. The Model 380 FAS for the AC313 has been delivered to several locations in China over the last few years. Currently installed Simplex fire attack systems on the AC313 can be retrofitted to accommodate the SkyCannonÂ®

The Simplex Aerospace SkyCannonÂ® was first delivered to Tokyo Fire in late 2015. The Model 516 SkyCannonÂ® at Tokyo Fire Department uses the Simplex 316 FAS as a water source. Simplex Aerospace is also in the process of adapting the SkyCannonÂ® to other helicopter platforms that use SimplexÂ® Aerospace Fire AttackÂ® systems. The new systems will also feature several of SimplexÂ® Aerospace's patented wild land firefighting features.

Mark Zimmerman, SimplexÂ® Aerospace President and CEO, stated, "The SkyCannonÂ® systems in both Tokyo and Beijing will help local firefighters to better manage high rise building fires. By being able to fight the fire quickly and at its source, a new level of safety will be available to residents of Beijing and Tokyo. It is SimplexÂ® Aerospace’s intention to supply our SkyCannonÂ® system on all Simplex systems that meet equipment size requirements for effective use.”

Founded in 1946, SimplexÂ® (www.simplex.aero) has built a reputation as the leader in design, manufacturing, and certification of aerial application systems and mission equipment for helicopters. Simplex maintains its industry leadership by incorporating the latest technology in designing and manufacturing systems from high-strength, low-weight composite materials to produce reliable and cost-effective systems for firefighting, agriculture, utilities maintenance, and other aerial applications.