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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: Sep 14, 2016

San Francisco (CA) Fire Department Awards Pumper Contract to Ferrara Fire Apparatus

Holden, LA—The City and County of San Francisco, California, has awarded Ferrara Fire Apparatus a contract for five years to build triple combination pumpers. The pumpers will be built on the Igniter chassis and will carry 500 gallons of water.

Chris Ferrara, president and CEO, states, “To be awarded a contract by the City of San Francisco is an honor and reward for this company, and we are excited to start building the first round of eight trucks for the city.”

Ferrara Fire Apparatus custom manufactures a complete line of heavy-duty fire, emergency, and rescue vehicles. The custom chassis selection includes the Ultra, Inferno, Igniter, and Cinder. Ferrara’s line of fire apparatus includes the MVP rescue pumper, custom and commercial pumpers and tankers, rear- and midmount aerial ladders and platforms, walk-in and walk-around rescues, incident command trucks and trailers, wildland interface, and the Inundator high-flow industrial pumper.

Ferrara offers safety items such as on-site tilt table testing, cab and body ECE-29 crash testing, independent front suspension, Complete Airbag Protection, and the SmartWheel steering system.

For more information, visit www.ferrarafire.com.

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Tamil Nadu Firefighters Receive Tallest Fire Apparatus in India

Posted: Sep 13, 2016

Tamil Nadu Firefighters Receive Tallest Fire Apparatus in India

The state took delivery of two of the tallest aerial rescue ladders that can reach up to 104 m (341 ft), earning the distinction of being the first in the country besides entering into the club of the metropolises across the world having the 104 m HLA (High Level Articulated).

The vehicles were shipped from Port of Turku and reached the city earlier this month, and were taken delivery on Wednesday from Kamarajar Port Trust. The world's tallest aerial ladders (112 m) are being manufactured by Bronto Skylift, and the 104 m vehicles delivered here are the second tallest aerial ladder in the world.

These truck-mounted ladders were purchased at a cost of Rs 39.74 crore each from Finland-based firm.The purchased 104 m HLA can reach a maximum rescue height of 104 m, and the maximum working outreach will be 30 m.

The platform's safe working load is 500 kg while it can pump as much as 3,800 litres per minute, and requires 4 m height clearance for transportation. The state had already purchased a skylift of 54 m recently for Rs 5.97 crore recently.

Cumberland (ME) Fire Station Expansion Could Cost $4.1M

Expansion of the nearly 50-year-old Central Fire Station from one to three floors could cost $4.1 million, according to a preliminary report presented Monday to the Town Council.

The panel in January formed a committee to look into space and storage at the 366 Tuttle Road building, as well as an inventory of the station’s apparatus, to come up with a department needs analysis, building assessment, and conceptual site plan.

The town also hired Port City Architecture to produce a preliminary design report, which included the cost estimate - a figure whittled down from a $5.1 million total rebuild.

"We're still working out the specific details, but (the project) will add 6 cents to the mill rate, as presented here tonight," Town Manager Bill Shane said, noting that the numbers are preliminary, and could possibly decrease when the project goes out to bid.

Since Town Council authorization for the funding is allowed in Cumberland, the project is not required to go to referendum, Shane added.

The expansion would take place next to the station, replacing a house the town purchased more than 20 years ago and has since used for sleeping quarters for emergency personnel.

After the house and the station's administrative section are demolished, a two-story addition would be built, along with a lower level accessed off a new 27-space parking lot. An existing parking lot with 22 spaces would remain.

Augusta (ME) Considering Funds to Replace Ambulance

A proposal to tap into reserve funds for about $138,000 to help purchase two new ambulances, one of which is needed to replace one wrecked in a collision this summer, is up for council approval Thursday. A city-owned 2012 GMC ambulance was destroyed in a traffic accident in June when it collided with a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox.

The city received $94,000 from its automobile insurance provider for the ambulance and stretcher. But that's well short of the $197,000 cost of buying a new ambulance, the lowest price offered in a competitive bidding process.

City Manager William Bridgeo has proposed to take money from the city's unassigned fund balance account, an account built up with money budgeted but unspent in previous years, to cover the difference between what insurance paid for the wrecked ambulance and the cost of a new one.

Councilors at their meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday are scheduled to consider appropriating $121,000 from the fund balance to supplement the $94,000 received from the insurance company to buy a new ambulance and stretcher to replace those wrecked in the crash.

Also, councilors will be asked to take an additional $17,000 from the same fund balance account to supplement the $180,000 already budgeted to purchase another new ambulance. Bridgeo said the ambulance it will replace was scheduled to be replaced this year. However, the $180,000 budgeted wouldn't be enough to cover the actual cost of a new ambulance.

Bridgeo said there is adequate money in the fund balance account to cover the additional funds needed for both new ambulances and still leave enough money in the fund to cover other unanticipated expenses should any come up and remain within auditors' recommendations.