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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

Posted: Dec 7, 2016

Woodland City Council Approves Fire Station Bid

WOODLAND - Plans for the start of a new fire station project in Woodland moved forward last month as the city council voted to accept a work bid and pursue funds via bonding during their regular meeting Nov. 21.

At the meeting, council voted unanimously to authorize additional bonding in the amount of $500,000 that will help fund the first phase of a new station on land along East Scott Avenue adjacent to the police station.

The bid for the base structure featuring two vehicle bays along with a modular unit for temporary firefighter housing was included in the awarded bid totalling close to $1.3 million, according to Clark County Fire and Rescue documents presented to council.

Documents from CCF&R listed three options for council to consider, ranging from a completed fire station as the most intensive — paid for in part by a proposed $6 million bond — to a midrange option completing the first phase of the station with a $1 million bond, as well as a minimum facilities option requiring $500,000 be acquired through bonding.

Council agreed on the third, least expensive option, offering up comments that touched on the state of the current station at 100 Davidson Ave. A CCF&R staff report listed several deficiencies in the current building, ranging from seismic vulnerability, substantial cracks and leaks in exterior walls, old and deteriorating plumbing causing water issues, logistical issues regarding the building’s location and generally inadequate facilities for 24-hour use.

Woodland Mayor Pro Tem Marilee McCall believed that the third option chosen was “the most fiscally prudent way to proceed” for the station. She explained that the city investing the smallest amount of funds to get what’s needed currently as the City of Woodland, then pursuing annexation into CCF&R’s fire protection district instead of the current contract of service would allow the city to have assistance from the department for completing the next phases.

City's Oldest Active Fire Station Back in Business

Lynchburg Fire Department's Station 6 at Miller Park is up and running again after about 11 months and $815,000 worth of renovations. Battalion Chief of Training Jonathan Wright said the station's fire pole - the last one in Lynchburg - will be getting some use again when firefighters respond to calls starting Wednesday.

A total of 18 personnel working different shifts will be working from Station 6.

The station was built in 1912, and firefighters said the last major renovation to the building was done in the late ’80s. Compared to the other seven Lynchburg stations, Wright said Station 6 is the oldest but now has the most contemporary equipment and furnishings.

“Preserving this history, I think, is really important. And it’s an icon in the community,” he said.

As they hauled furniture up to the second floor — which has an entirely new layout from before — firefighters who once worked out of Station 6 recalled when there was no central air system or when they’d haul their own furniture to and from the station.

The newly finished third floor once was a dusty storage area with a number of old firefighting artifacts from the station’s earlier days. Many of those pieces will be part of a future exhibit at the Lynchburg Museum.

Rod Smith worked with the Lynchburg Fire Department for more than 32 years and fought his first fire out of Station 6 years ago. He and Wright took out the antiques, including old nozzles, old rubber coats and gear, a 16-foot wooden roof ladder and other equipment from old fire engines dating back to 1913.

“Why they stored and kept that stuff I don’t know, but I’m glad they did,” he said.

Smith took on his own renovation project with the station’s benches, which have been the dining seats and resting spots for firefighters throughout the years.

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Future Uncertain for Historic Hagerstown Fire Station

Posted: Dec 7, 2016

Future Uncertain for Historic Hagerstown Fire Station

The future may be in question for a historic downtown fire station dating back to the early 1900s. Mayor Robert E. Bruchey II and the Hagerstown City Council were told Tuesday that the Pioneer Hook and Ladder, Truck-1 station at 21-23 W. Franklin St. is no longer adequate for the operations of the Hagerstown Fire Department.

Unless volunteers in the station are interested in acquiring the city-owned building, the city may have to dispose of it, Hagerstown Fire Chief Steve Lohr said during a council work session.

Pioneer Hook and Ladder houses part of the fire department's operations, but there is a group of volunteers who are in charge of day-to-day operation of the building, Lohr said.

The city recently purchased two 100-foot ladder trucks, making them the biggest rigs in the department's fleet.

One was to be stationed at Pioneer Hook and Ladder, but it is a very cramped space for the truck, Lohr said in an interview before Tuesday's meeting.

He told Bruchey and council members that there was only "inches of clearance" around the truck after it was pulled into the station.

After it was delivered to the city, it was temporarily housed at a city fire station on Eastern Boulevard, he said.

Lohr said he believes the truck should be stationed permanently at the Eastern Boulevard station.

Pioneer Hook and Ladder, which was completed in about 1915, is part of the city's long firefighting history.

Lohr said the building was constructed at a time when downtown fire stations were situated based on the ability of a horse to run eight blocks.