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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

Man Seeks Funding for Columbus Firefighting Museum

Posted: Nov 9, 2016

Man Seeks Funding for Columbus Firefighting Museum

COLUMBUS - A Columbus man is seeking lodging tax funding to help turn a former automotive dealership garage into a museum for firefighting equipment. "When we're done, this will look like a fire station," Dennis Hirschbrunner told the Columbus Telegram while standing outside the downtown building.

The exterior will be repaired and painted a rusty red and oak doors resembling those on a carriage house will replace the overhead doors, he said.

Four vintage firetrucks already are being stored in the building. Among them is a 1947 American LaFrance pumper that the Columbus department put up for auction in 2013. Hirschbrunner and his friend, Fred Hoppe, combined to buy it for $3,000.

"There is a sentimental attachment to it because my dad and brother were both in the fire department," said Hirschbrunner, who's a semiretired engineer and whose grandfather helped start the volunteer department.

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Man Breaks into Stockton Fire Station

Posted: Nov 9, 2016

Man Breaks into Stockton Fire Station

STOCKTON -- An intruder broke into the Stockton Fire station on West Sonora Street through a window early Monday morning, trying to get away with some electronics and firefighting gear, according to Stockton Police and the Fire Department. He was confronted by a station employee and ran away after making threatening statements toward that employee, authorities said.

Firefighters chased the suspect. Police joined in the chase shortly afterward and arrested him.

He has been identified as 23-year-old Jamal Davis, a homeless man.

The department's equipment was recovered.

Video Appears To Show Pedestrian Walking Into Toronto Fire Truck with Sirens Blaring

A pedestrian who narrowly missed serious injury or possibly death when he walked into a Toronto fire truck with sirens blaring is being scorned on social media. A dashcam video posted on YouTube on Monday appears to show a person attempting to cross the median at St.

A firefighter in the passenger side seat seems to throw up his arms in frustration before giving the pedestrian a stern talk.

Moments later, the video shows another firefighter getting out of the truck to check on the pedestrian who appeared uninjured.

“Unbelievably common, people would be shocked at how oblivious people are to the big flashy truck,” one Reddit poster wrote.

“When it’s one distracted pedestrian walking blindly into traffic, we call them a ‘moron.’ When it’s a whole city of similarly distracted pedestrians walking blindly into traffic, it’s ‘victim blaming,'” said another.

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Smeal Tanker-Pumper

Peotone (IL) Fire Protection District tanker-pumper. Smeal S-600 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 2,500-gallon tank.