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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

Lee's Fire Truck Centerpiece of Impressive Collection

Posted: Nov 17, 2016

Lee's Fire Truck Centerpiece of Impressive Collection

To call Bill Lee a collector of firefighting memorabilia would be an understatement. To say he's proud of the prize of his collection - a 1973 American LaFrance - would be an even bigger one. Lee's retired Streator Fire Department pumper truck served Streator from Dec. 5, 1973, until May 1, 2008.

Lee's retired Streator Fire Department pumper truck served Streator from Dec. 5, 1973, until May 1, 2008. Upon its retirement, Lee — whose father was a captain on the SFD , leading to his son's fascination with the discipline and tools of fighting fires — purchased the truck and began restoring it into the beautiful piece of equipment he was showing off at Northpoint Plaza during Streator's Fourth of July celebration.

"My dad is 87 years old, still alive, a retired captain of the Streator Fire Department. I'm very proud of that, and his white helmet is in the truck, the one he wore when he worked out of this truck," said Lee back in July.

"I always liked this truck. This was Streator's first diesel-powered fire engine with an automatic transmission. It had a 1,250-gallon-per-minute water tank, and it was state-of-the-art. This was the Cadillac of fire trucks in the 1970s."

Ambulance-Involved Crash in Boston Sends 2 People to Hospital

BOSTON - A Boston emergency vehicle was involved in a crash Tuesday. Boston EMS said an ambulance was involved in a crash on Melnea Cass Boulevard. The other vehicle involved had heavy front-end damage. Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

One of the people taken to the hospital was an EMS crew member. The other was an occupant of the other vehicle.

Boston EMS said additional patients being transported at the time of the collision did not suffer injuries from the crash and were taken to the hospital in a separate ambulance.

It is unclear how the crash happened.

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Rosenbauer Pumper

Saxton Fire District, Saugerties, NY, pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 350-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank.

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Community Mulls Possible Expansion of Bernardston (MA) Fire Station

Posted: Nov 16, 2016

Community Mulls Possible Expansion of Bernardston (MA) Fire Station

Residents got a chance to see a few possible designs for a new or expanded fire station Tuesday night, but seemed to agree they’d need to strike a balance between going big enough to meet the department’s needs while keeping a tax increase within reason.

Jonathan Saccoccio, a project architect, and Cory Frehsee, a civil engineer and partner, both of Steven & Associates, presented four proposed designs to about 40 town residents in the elementary school’s cafeteria Tuesday. Before the meeting, residents squeezed themselves between engines and trucks during an open house for the current station on Church Street.

The four proposals range in estimated cost from between $1.85 million to about $4 million. Saccoccio said those numbers represent a wide range to encompass all the eventualities, but the true cost won’t be known until the design process proceeds.

The current 40-year-old building lacks adequate space for vehicle maintenance and storage, and could hamper a quicker response to an emergency, Saccoccio said.

The first design would be the most expensive, but Saccoccio said it represents the ideal modern fire station. Located on the same site, it would have four bays that could fit two trucks stacked one behind the other each, plus office and training space around the perimeter.