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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: Nov 22, 2016

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Pierce Pumper

Berwyn (IL) Fire Department PUC pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 400-hp engine; Pierce 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

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Posted: Nov 22, 2016

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Ferrara Rescue-Pumper

Warriors Path (TN) Volunteer Fire Department rescue-pumper. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,750-gpm pump.

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Goreville (IL) Fire Department Gets New Fire Apparatus

Posted: Nov 21, 2016

Goreville (IL) Fire Department Gets New Fire Apparatus

The Goreville Fire Department celebrated the addition of a new fire truck Friday. The gently-used truck comes from Winnetka City Fire Department, just north of Chicago. The department also sold Goreville walkie-talkies, turnout equipment, a generator, and an almost new set of extrication equipment.

Goreville Fire Chief Ken Swisher says it only cost the department $10,000, which is much less than its value.

"A truck like this and everything on it would have cost us way over $100,000. We don't have that kind of money. It would have taken years to get that much money...so we could afford the $10,000," says Swisher.

The new fire truck will eventually go to a new subdivision outside Goreville called "The Peninsula."

Fire Apparatus Destroyed in Victorian (Australia) Grass Fire

A fire truck has been destroyed as crews battle to bring a bushfire under control near Swan Hill, in Victoria's north-west. The 400-hectare fire remains out of control in open country and is being fanned by strong, erratic winds.

Two New South Wales water bombers have been dispatched to assist 30 Victorian trucks and eight aircraft already battling the blaze ahead of a late wind change this afternoon.

Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley said one of the trucks was burnt after flames came over the top of it but no one was badly hurt.

Commissioner Lapsley said the fire was a warning for the season ahead.

"We always said that will be late December, January and February will be the critical period and that will play out to be exactly that," he said.