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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

Wilmington (NC) Celebrates Fire Apparatus Arrival

Posted: Jun 29, 2016

Wilmington (NC) Celebrates Fire Apparatus Arrival

The Wilmington Fire Department showed off its new pumper truck at a Roll-In Ceremony on Tuesday. The new fire truck has already been in service for about a month, but Tuesday's event gave firefighters the opportunity to ceremoniously roll out their old truck and roll in the new one.

The new fire engine features two-way hands free communications, a 500 gallon water tank, and a 20 gallon foam tank. The 2015 Pierce Velocity Pumper cost $570,000 for the apparatus and $30,000 for the equipment.

WFD Battalion Chief David Hines said that although the old truck was not a bad truck, it was nearing 15 years old.

Fire Apparatus Donated to Escanaba (MI) Public Safety

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After years of putting in the request for a new fire truck, the city of Escanaba Department of Public Safety got one.

The Escanaba Public Safety, which is responsible for fighting fires in the city, has had their current 75-foot ladder fire truck for years now, and it was time to get a newer one. A new fire truck could cost around $1 million, but the Department of Natural Resources donated this fire truck to them.

This fire truck is a 100-foot ladder truck. It will make its debut in the 4th of July parade on Monday, and it should be ready to use by the end of July.

Omaha Fire Apparatus Sidelined Since 2011 to Return to Service

When the Omaha Fire Department’s Truck 53 returns to service Friday, it will help improve the safety of Omaha residents, fire union president Steve LeClair said Wednesday.

Truck 53, a ladder truck, was one of four Fire Department vehicles taken out of service in 2011 because of budget cuts. Its return increases the number of in-service ladder trucks from eight to nine.

"The return of Truck 53 is a step in the right direction, but I don't think it's a final step we should take," LeClair said at press conference outside Station 53 at 80th and Dodge Streets. "There are other pieces of equipment that I think are needed just as badly as 53."

The truck is being returned to service because of the recent successful contract negotiations between firefighters and the City of Omaha, said Mayor Jean Stothert, interim Fire Chief Dan Olsen and LeClair, the president of the Omaha Professional Firefighters Association.

Returning the ladder truck to service, Stothert said, means improved response times in an important area that includes two hospitals, the Crossroads Mall and "the always-busy Dodge Street corridor." Stothert credited sound budgeting decisions by fire department officials -- resulting in a $1 million surplus for 2015 -- with making the truck's return to service possible.

Woman Dies After Being Struck by Adams Township (OH) Fire Apparatus

A woman who was wearing headphones while walking around a reservoir in Adams Township died Tuesday after being struck by a Green Springs Volunteer Fire Department truck. The woman, whose identity has has not yet been released, was walking along the top of the Beaver Creek Reservoir when the fire truck backed into her, according to Seneca County Sheriff Bill Eckelberry.

The woman, whose identity has has not yet been released, was walking along the top of the Beaver Creek Reservoir when the fire truck backed into her, according to Seneca County Sheriff Bill Eckelberry. The woman had her back to the truck, he said.

"A fireman got in the truck, backed up and didn't see the woman," said Eckelberry.

Calls to Green Springs Volunteer Fire Chief Greg Lowe were not returned.

The fire truck and other rescue personnel were at the reservoir after receiving a call of a small boat that had capsized, with two men overboard.