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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 25, 2022

Wood River (IL) Approves New Pumper Truck for Fire Department

The Wood River City Council paved the way Monday for a new pumper truck for the fire department, AdvantageNews.com reported

A fire official said the truck will cost more than $932,000, the report said.

By locking into the price, the fire official said the city avoided expected price increases of 6 percent in mid-December, and a similar increase early in 2023, according to the report.

The new truck will replace a 2000 model that has outlived the company that built it, making it nearly impossible to repair or find replacement parts, the report said.

The build time for the new truck is estimated to be about two years.

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Posted: Nov 24, 2022

Rincon (GA) Fire Department Dedicates Truck to Longtime Firefighter

The city of Rincon and the Rincon Fire Department dedicated a fire truck to a longtime firefighter, WTOC.com reported.

Gary Kocher is a certified firefighter with the Rincon Fire Department. He was one of the first paid firefighters in the Lealman Fire Department in St. Petersburg (FL), the report said. He moved to Rincon in 1986 and started volunteering with the Rincon Fire Department in July 1987.

Kocher won multiple awards for his service such as Firefighter of the Year, according to the report.

Rincon Engine 1 was dedicated to Kocher for his 35 years of service to the community and leadership ability to the new firefighters in the Rincon Fire Department, the report said.

(Photo courtesy of Rincon Fire Department)
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Posted: Nov 24, 2022

San Jon (NM) Opens Second Fire Station

It took more time and money than anticipated, but the Village of San Jon (NM) celebrated the opening of a second fire station north of town on November 17, QCSunOnline.com reported.

Village officials had been thinking of expanding its first fire station, built in 2004. A village official compared getting all the fire equipment into the cramped building to a Tetris video game, the report said.

The village decided to build a second fire station nearly a mile northeast of I-40 on Quay Road 59.8, just off Highway 469, according to the report.

San Jon in October 2019 received a federal Community Development Block Grant of $750,000, the report said. The village applied for more federal money and got it – for a total of $1,006,500, plus $42,000 in matching funds from the fire department, the report said.

Finally, the village broke ground on the 4,000-square-foot, four-bay building in January.

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Posted: Nov 24, 2022

OWL (VA) VFD Replaces Rearmount Aerial Platform with Midmount

By Alan M. Petrillo

Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton (VA) Volunteer Fire Department replaced a rear mount aerial platform with this Seagrave 95-foot Aerialscope midmount aerial platform built on a Marauder chassis. (Photos courtesy of Seagrave Fire Apparatus)

Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton (VA) Volunteer Fire Department, known regionally as OWL Fire Department, needed to replace a rearmount aerial platform. It chose to go with a midmount aerial platform built by Seagrave Fire Apparatus, a 95-foot Aerialscope on a Marauder chassis with a 141-inch full tilt cab.

Wayne Haight, OWL’s chief, says the department is a combo agency with career staff 24/7 at two of three firehouses along with medic units. “In our three stations we have six engines, a heavy rescue, a 105-foot tower and 110-foot ladder, (one in reserve), two brush trucks, a collapse/rescue unit, an air/light truck, three utility vehicles, four ambulances, and three rescue/fire boats,” Haight said.

Craig Williams, owner of Emergency Vehicle Services, who sold the truck to OWL, says the fire department already has four Seagrave pumpers, and two on the production line, so it was natural for the department to go with a Seagrave aerial for its fleet. “The fire department chose a raised roof on their Aerialscope to emulate the roofs on their Seagrave pumpers,” Williams points out.

Haight says that the department wanted to focus on where the truck would be placed at a fire scene. “A midmount aerial apparatus is much easier and quicker to set up at a fire scene than a rear mount rig,” he says, adding that the OWL Marauder Aerialscope is powered by a 500-horsepower (hp) Cummins X12 diesel engine with an Allison 4000 EVS automatic transmission and a Telma Retarder Auxiliary Braking System.

The OWL aerial platform is stabilized by four stab jacks at the corners and two scissor-style outriggers midship, giving a jack spread of 20 feet 5 inches
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Fire Mechanics Section Board

Chair

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Chair

Elliot Courage
North Whatcom Fire & Rescue
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Vice Chair

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Vice Chair

Mike Smith 
Pierce County Fire District #5
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Secretary

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Secretary

Greg Bach
South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue
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Director #1

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #1

Doug Jones
South Kitsap Fire & Rescue
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Director #2

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #2

Paul Spencer 
Fire Fleet Maintenance LLC
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Director #3

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #3

Jim Morris
Mountain View Fire Department
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Director #4

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #4

Arnie Kuchta

Clark County Fire District 6

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Director #6

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #6

Brett Annear
Kitsap County Fire District 18
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Director #5

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Director #5

Jay Jacks
Camano Island Fire & Rescue
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Legislative Representative

Posted: Oct 21, 2015

Legislative Representative

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Immediate Past Chair

Posted: Oct 20, 2015

Immediate Past Chair

Brian Fortner
Graham Fire & Rescue

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