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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

Committee Named to Explore Quincy (IL) Ambulance Housing

Posted: Jul 14, 2016

Committee Named to Explore Quincy (IL) Ambulance Housing

A committee has been named to explore ambulance housing options in Quincy. The Adams County Board confirmed Chairman Les Post's recommendation for the five-person committee Tuesday night. Joining the Ambulance Location Committee are County Board members Matt Obert, D-5, and Dave Bellis, R-3, as well as Ambulance Board members Paul Havermale and Gary Cantrell.

Ambulance Board Chairman Todd Degitz, who represents District 3 on the County Board, is also on the committee.

The county must vacate its ambulance garage and crew quarters at Blessing Hospital's 14th Street campus by the end of the year.

Post expects the committee to start looking at both short- and long-term housing options to the Adams County Board immediately.

"They should be ready to hit the ground running," Post said. "Actually, they have a meeting scheduled already with some people from Blessing later this month."

Post said the committee will need to determine possible locations for a permanent home and whether it would be better to house ambulances in two locations in the city.

Blessing has offered the Ambulance Service property and $125,000 to help with the construction of a new garage and crew quarters.

Troy (MI) Planning Commission Approves Site Plan for New Fire Station

Plans will proceed after the Troy Planning Commission approved designs for a new fire station on Maple Road, east of John R Road. The commission unanimously approved the site plan for Station 4 at its June 28 meeting.

Troy City Planner R. Brent Savidant said that the old fire station will remain open while construction on the new 10,500-square-foot structure is completed, then the old station will be demolished.

Matt Berge, architect for the project, told the Planning Commission that the design of the new facility is intended to integrate with the neighboring property.

The current station is 5,116 square feet -- the smallest fire station in the city.

During budget sessions in the spring of 2015, when the project was first considered, then-Fire Chief William Nelson, now retired, told the council that Station 4 is the second-busiest fire station in the city, and it is the only station to house a heavy rescue unit. The station was built in 1968 and was expanded in 1988.

The new fire station will include a training room, an exercise room, a kitchen, a three-truck apparatus bay, a 34-car parking lot, and screening and buffering along the east property line, which is adjacent to single-family homes.

There will be four parking spaces on the east side of the building to accommodate the first four volunteers who respond, park and load up the truck. The other spots are needed when the other the responders return to assist with the care of equipment after an event.

Two Fire Apparatus Burn in Otero County (NM) Fire

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Ten homes and two fire trucks are reported to have burned in a quick-moving fire near Timberon, a small community southeast of Alamogordo. Otero County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Steve Odom says no injuries have been reported so far. The fire started on the outskirts of town and moved into Timberon.

Huntsville (AL) has New Aerial Ladder Fire Apparatus Truck

A new aerial ladder truck in the fleet is providing the city with the best in fire protection. Mayor Tommy Battle said, "The ladder truck, which helps us have capability with taller buildings, and as we grow up in the city, it's one of the things that we need."

Chief Howard Mcfarlen said the cutting edge technology of this truck will help them get their mission done. He said, "This is the only ladder truck in production in the United States now that you can have that's over a hundred foot tall. But they designed it that it's light enough to go on a single axle."

One special feature of the truck is its battery operated ladder. Chief Mcfarlen said from a safety standpoint, this is a huge plus.

He said, "Normally, we have to send a person to the top to operate a single nozzle to spray water. The technology on this one, we can operate from the bottom. We're spraying water up there now."

Chief Mcfarlan says this truck will be known as "ladder two." It will service downtown Huntsville, which it's best suited for.

Chief Mcfarlen said, "It allows us to get in tight places around the inner city."