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Welcome

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

Fire Truck Heading to SE DC Fire Involved in Crash

Posted: Feb 6, 2017

Fire Truck Heading to SE DC Fire Involved in Crash

One person was injured after a fire truck heading to a fire in Southeast Washington was involved in a crash.

In this incident, another vehicle failed to yield to the responding fire truck. As apparatus operators, we cannot expect other vehicles to hear or see us. Make sure all cars on the road know your intentions as the driver of the apparatus.

Citizens Fire Company welcomes newest fire truck to fleet

By Shaheed Morris | smorris@whag.com Published 02/05 2017 07:26PM Updated 02/05 2017 07:26PM Citizens Fire Company - a volunteer-based fire company - welcomed a new ladder truck to its fleet. On Sunday, 100 people attended a ceremony held at the station. The department retired the 1991 ladder truck, which has served Jefferson County for the last 26 years.

The department retired a 1991 rig. The new truck cost approximately $900,000. The new truck responded to its first call shortly after the dedication ceremony, which was attended by 100.

Suspect burglarizes vehicles at Tulsa fire station

Tulsa, Okla. - Investigators are looking for the person or persons who broke into three vehicles at a Tulsa fire station Friday night. They also stole the station captain's truck. The incident happened around 10:30 p.m., at the station near 61st and Mingo.

In Bronx, 'Fly Cars' Aim to Speed Up Emergency Care

By the end of an eight-hour shift in the Bronx, paramedic Barbara Aziz had treated a man who had broken his leg falling from a building, revived another man who stopped breathing after a heroin overdose and cradled a moments-old baby girl born unexpectedly in a public-housing apartment.

The FDNY is joining other departments in purchasing smaller, more agile vehicles for certain types of calls.

The "fly cars" allow paramedics to respond to priority calls without taking patients to the hospital. An ambulance will respond along with a fly car to handle transport.

Fly cars comprise 10 specially equipped SUVs that were rolled out last year as part of a pilot program that was intended to improve emergency response in The Bronx, which had the most medical calls per person in the past year.