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Welcome

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

Kaukauna (WI) to Build New Fire Station

Posted: Aug 11, 2016

Kaukauna (WI) to Build New Fire Station

In the next month, construction of a new fire station will begin -- the second of three facility projects happening in Kaukauna. "It's going to be a fun project, a beautiful structure," said Kaukauna Mayor Gene Rosin. "I've seen the design and the layout and the drawings, and it will really complement downtown really nicely."

Most recently, a new city hall and police department opened across the road from the old facility on Second Street in downtown Kaukauna, at a cost of $14 million.

The fire station, the second of three phases of the facilities project, will cost between $5.5 and $5.7 million. The city has set aside $2 million in cash for the station, with the rest coming from borrowing, Rosin said.

The fire station should be complete within two years.

It will be equipped with the same eco-friendly technology as the new municipal complex, like geothermal heating and cooling, LED lighting and solar panels.

The third phase, at $1 million, will remodel parts of the old building for use by the streets and parks departments.

Before the 29,000-square-foot fire station can be built, part of the old building on Second Street must be torn down. That demolition is included in the cost estimates.

For Kaukauna Fire Chief Paul Hirte, the new facility, which will more than triple the size of the current facility, has been eagerly awaited by the fire department.

The current fire station is part of a 130-year-old building, which the fire department moved into in 1974. The department has since added ambulances, ladder trucks, boats, jaws of life equipment, trench rescue equipment and more, Hirte said. Some of those vehicles are parked on the street.

Frankenmuth (MI) Muster Fire Truck Photos by Steve Redick

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Posted: Aug 11, 2016

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Sutphen Aerial

Clarence Center (OH) Fire Department, SP 70 aerial platform quint. Sutphen custom cab and chassis; Cummins ISL12 500-hp engine.

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Posted: Aug 10, 2016

Donations from Froggy's Fog Support Firefighter Training at FRI

Froggy's Fog is donating the use of two SG-1300 machines along with Extreme Density training fluid for the Fire Rescue International conference being held Aug. 17 - 20, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas to simulate a warehouse fire during the conference's High Impact Training segment.

Capt. Rex Strickland of Fairfax County, Va. Fire and Rescue, who is leading the High Impact Training says, "The smoke machines will be used outside of the loading dock where we are simulating an entrance to a large warehouse fire. We will have an engine staged there with a handline nozzle going through the door where the smoke is originating and a battalion chief truck will be positioned to simulate a command post. The smoke is being used to make the simulation as contextual as possible."

Froggy's Fog is a premier fog fluid manufacturer based in Columbia, Tennessee. Our fog, haze, snow and bubble fluids are made in the United States from lab-grade, UV-Filtered, de-ionized water and the highest quality chemicals. For more information about Froggy's Fog, visit www.froggysfog.com.

Fire Rescue International, the annual conference of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, has provided senior-level leadership training to fire chiefs for 140 years. The IAFC represents the world's leading experts in the first responder community. For more information about IAFC, visit www.iafc.org.