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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: Nov 2, 2022

Maugansville (MD) Walk-In Rescue Is Built on a Mack by 4 Guys

Apparatus ideas BOB VACCARO

The Maugansville (MD) Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company was formed in the late 1920s. It started operation with a 1928 Ford Model AA truck with a front-mounted pump.

Later, it operated with a 1980 GMC step van for rescue operations, which was replaced in 1999 with a Pierce Arrow walk-around rescue with a 16-foot box.

The fire company’s first-due response area consists of 25 square miles that has a railroad line, an airport, an interstate, feed mills, warehousing for Amazon and other businesses, farms, and single-family dwellings. The department is also second due for Hagerstown, MD; Greencastle, PA; and a mountainous region in the area.

Maugansville Chief Mark Miller says the latest squad apparatus took about five years from inception to delivery.

“Prior to my becoming fire chief, the past chief and apparatus committee presented a squad specification to our membership,” Miller says. “Then, when I became chief, we met with the various fire apparatus builders just to research what was out there. We then made changes and presented them to our membership.”

1 A compartment for a battery-powered tool.

4 Guys/Mack Rescue

Mack Granite cab and chassis
Cummins L9 380-hp engine
25-foot walk-in body
Whelen lighting
Onan 30-kW PTO generator
Winch receivers left, right, and rear
Automatic snow chains on rear axle
Mansaver bar over rear opening
Pull-out absorbing material hopper in driver’s rear wheel well
SCBA bottle compartments in rear wheel wells
High-angle rescue tie-off points high on body sides
Rear traffic control light
Roto-Ray warning light
Rear camera system
Will-Burt Night Scan PowerLite light tower
Two electric rewind reels for 150 feet of utility air hose
Electric rewind reel for 250 feet of electric cord

The first consi

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Posted: Nov 2, 2022

Photo Apparatus of the Day: November 2, 2022

Midwest Fire—Roxbury (NY) Fire Department mini pumper. Ford F-550 crew cab and chassis; Ford Power Stroke 6.7L diesel 330-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,250-gpm pump; APR polypropylene 300-gallon water tank; 12-gallon foam cell; All-Poly™ construction; Hale SmartFOAM 2.1A single-agent foam system; Elkhart Sidewinder EXM remote monitor. Dealer: Brett Jensen, Midwest Fire, Luverne, MN.

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VIDEO: Fire Truck Swerves Around Train Crossing Arms in Schuylkill County (PA)

The driver of a fire engine took a chance on the way to a fire scene Saturday afternoon in Tamaqua (PA), WNEP.com reported.

It was caught on video. The fire truck drove around railroad crossing arms just seconds before a passenger train rolled through, the video shows.

The fire chief of Tamaqua acknowledged that the decision to go over the railroad crossing was the wrong one, the report said.

He said the situation has been addressed and that they are lucky no one was hurt, according to the report.

The driver of the engine will not face any charges, the report said.

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Officials Investigating ‘Provocative’ Halloween Video Appearing to Be Filmed at DC Fire Station

DC Fire officials are investigating a provocative video that appears to have been filmed both inside and outside a Southwest D.C. fire station for Halloween, Fox5DC.com reported.

It’s not clear whether any DCFEMS members were involved. How this was allowed to happen is another question FOX 5 is told is still under investigation.

For more on this story, please go to Fox5DC.com.