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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

Ypsilanti Building Largest City Owned Solar Array Atop Fire Department

Posted: Sep 27, 2016

Ypsilanti Building Largest City Owned Solar Array Atop Fire Department

YPSILANTI, MI - The largest city-owned solar panel installation will be built on top of the Ypsilanti Fire Department, 525 W. Washington. When complete, the panels will produce 50 kilowatts of power, or 72 percent of the department's energy.

It will also bump Ypsilanti's total solar watt production to 1,078,825 watts, or 54.5 watts per capita, which is good for the 16th most in the nation, according to Environment America.

The 176-panel array will cost around $59,000 and be installed on top of the station at 525 W. Michigan Ave. That will be covered by a $25,000 anonymous donation and approximately $34,000 from the city's energy efficiency and conservation fund. Officials are expecting savings of at least $6,424 annually, and the project will likely be paid off within five years.

"This is a tremendous project and a great savings to taxpayers. Nowhere else do we get that kind of rate of return on investment," said Council Member Dan Vogt. At its Sept. 20 meeting, council unanimously approved allotting funds.

The city is partnering with Solar Ypsi's Dave Strenski to put the project together. His group promotes solar energy and offers real time reporting on Ypsilanti's solar production.

Ambulance, Car Collide at Rayon and 95

Emergency crews are at the scene of an accident at Rayon Drive and West Virginia 14 where an ambulance and a car collided.

Emergency crews were at the scene of an accident at Rayon Drive and West Virginia 14 where an ambulance and a car collided.

Several people were injured and taken to the hospital. The ambulance was on its top and the car, a Camaro, was heavily damaged.

Edinburg Fire Truck Responding to Call Involved in Accident

Posted: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:04 PM EDT Updated: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:04 PM EDT UPDATE (9/26): All three Edinburg firefighters were treated and released from the hospital with minor injuries. Two of them received head injuries and the third had a chest contusion. No word yet on the pickup driver's condition.

EDINBURG – An Edinburg fire truck was involved in an accident while en route to a fire call.

The accident happened around 2 p.m. at the intersection of East Schunior Street and I69 Central. The fire truck was hit by a pickup truck driven by a male driver, according to a press release from the city of Edinburg.

The three firefighters on board and the driver of the truck were taken by an ambulance to a nearby hospital with unknown injuries.

Anonymous Donor Gifts Rescue Boat to Nenana Volunteer Fire Department

NENANA - The Nenana Volunteer Fire Department is the owner of a new rescue riverboat, thanks to a generous donor who wishes to remain anonymous. "This is a great thing," Fire Chief Joe Forness said. "It's definitely going to benefit the community and surrounding communities."

The department recently gained status as a 501c(4) nonprofit organization, which gives the department the ability to raise funds and accept donations for equipment and supplies on its own.

“We had a local citizen who knew we were in need of a boat and knew our financial situation and had the ability to purchase a boat for us and then donate it to the volunteer department,” he said.

Forness had been trying to acquire a rescue boat for more than a year and even started an online fundraising campaign in April 2015. The fundraising wasn’t very effective and didn’t come close to the goal of more than $50,000.

Forness maintained then and now that the rescue boat is critical to provide emergency rescues on local waterways during the summer and shoulder seasons.

“We have a service area the size of some small states,” he said at the time. “Within our service area, we have two major rivers, hundreds of recreational boaters, three barge companies, commercial fishermen, tourists and missionaries that use these waterways 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while the rivers are flowing.”

The boat, he said, is essential lifesaving equipment. Healy’s Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Chief Rob Graham agreed.