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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

VIDEO: Bizarre Police Incident in Coquitlam Captures Suspect Vehicle Rolling Into Fire Apparatus

Posted: Aug 22, 2016

VIDEO: Bizarre Police Incident in Coquitlam Captures Suspect Vehicle Rolling Into Fire Apparatus

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Coquitlam RCMP and Fire and Rescue were on scene Friday to deal with a shooting that turned into a fiery multi-scene incident. Just before 6 p.m., police responded after reports came in about shots being fired from one vehicle to another around Guildford Drive and Johnston Street.

Shortly after, police found the suspect vehicle fully engulfed in flames on Charter Hill Road. Coquitlam Fire and Rescue arrived on the scene, but before the fire could be put out, the engulfed truck rolled down a hill and crashed into a fire truck.

A video shows the dramatic moment authorities ran from the flames in fear the fire truck would catch fire.

RCMP are now investigating the three locations. There is currently no one in custody and no suspect description available.

Choctaw (AR) Volunteer Firefighter Injured After Fire Apparatus Overturns

A Choctaw volunteer firefighter is recovering after his fire truck overturned. The firefighter was responding to a fire when he lost control of the truck, rolling it several times before landing in a creek. The accident happened on highway 9 West about 10: 30 a.m. Sunday.

New Cowiche Fire Station Could Play Crucial Emergency Role

The newly opened fire station in Cowiche isn't just an upgrade for Yakima County Fire District 1. It also could play a critical role in the county's response to emergencies.

Washington state recommends that counties have a backup emergency operations center, but Yakima didn't have the money for one, said Scott Miller, director of the county's Office of Emergency Management. o when the new station was approved in Cowiche and Fire District 1 administrator Bob Merritt approached with an idea to house a backup center there, Miller jumped at it.

“It took me about a millisecond,” Miller said. “Especially when he said ‘rent-free.’”

The station, which opened in May at 300 Cowiche City Road, will mostly function as the old Fire District 1 station in Cowiche functioned — as a frequently vacant volunteer-run fire station in rural Upper Yakima Valley. But in the event of a significant emergency such as a flood or widespread fire, it could spring to life as an operations and communications base for county Emergency Management.

A report from the Yakima Herald took a closer look at the new fire station in Cowiche, an unincorporated community northwest of Yakima, Washington.

Vicksburg (MI) Looks to Build New Fire Station

Vicksburg officials have begun negotiations with a local company to build a new fire station on the east end of town.

The Vicksburg Post reported the Board of Mayor and Aldermen have authorized city attorney Nancy Thomas to begin talks with Fordice Construction Co., which had the low base bid of $1.5 million.

It and one other company submitted bids higher than the $1.1 million budgeted for the project.

Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said the board would shift money from other projects in the city's $9.2 million capital improvements bond issue to make up the difference.

WAPT looked at the potential development of a new fire station in Vicksburg, Mississippi.