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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

South Shore (KY) Gets New Fire Apparatus

Posted: May 31, 2016

South Shore (KY) Gets New Fire Apparatus

There's a big new shiny fire truck sitting in the fire station of the South Shore Volunteer Fire Department.

"We bought a new 2016 Pierce Custom Pumper and it mainly replaces a truck that was a (19) 94 model," South Shore Fire Chief Kenny Taylor said. "It cost $470,000 and it's got all the safety features on any truck that's available at this day and time."

Taylor said the fire department had been saving their money for several years and had saved over $200,000 for a new truck. Add to what they had saved, $200,000 borrowed from First and People's Bank, and the purchase is made.

"The other truck was a good truck but it was a 94 model, just getting older, just like everything else," Taylor said. "It has to be updated."

"The fire equipment company we bought it off of in McConnellsville, Finley Fire Equipment, came in and showed us how to pump and operate it," Taylor said. "But it's pretty close to the one we got rid of as far as the operation of the truck itself, and then we've been taking drivers training on it the last month or so to let everybody get familiarized with it, where it's a custom cab."

"We had also bought a brand new boat and we bought a new rescue truck in between times," Taylor said. "and we had been saving our money for the last several years, and we're saving money now for another new truck 10 years down the road."

New Pumps, Foam Systems, Controls, Valves, and Nozzles Unveiled

By Alan M. Petrillo

A number of new pumps, foam systems, control units, valves and nozzles were among the products unveiled for firefighters and fire apparatus at FDIC International 2016.

W.S. Darley & Co. introduced three new engine mounted pumps: the 2-1/2AGE 37V-EFI, a medium-pressure, high-volume, gear-driven pump powered by a Briggs & Stratton 37-horsepower (hp) electronic fuel-injected gasoline engine; the 2-1/2AGE 40S, a medium-pressure, high-volume, gear-driven pump powered by a Subaru 40-hp V-twin air-cooled gasoline engine; and the HSE 250K 59HP, a single-stage centrifugal pump powered by a Kubota V2403M 59-hp turbo diesel engine.

Jason Darley, pump division accounts manager, says the company also introduced the Smart Control P, a new 4.3-inch digital control panel for portable and engine driven pumps that Darley says "will make the pumps more functional and high-tech," with start, stop, and throttle controls; digital water discharge pressure read out; engine rpm, temperature and hour meter; primer activation; and inlet and discharge pressure all in a waterproof design with dual control panels for operation in the cab or at the pump panel.

Waterous introduced its new Tellurus Digital Control System that Mark Severin, marketing and communications manager, says allows easy operation of the Waterous ONE STEP™ compressed air foam system (CAFS) with high ambient contrast ratio, enabling a firefighter easier readability in daytime sunlight and gloved operation in water-spray environments. Severin says that Waterous also will now offer its Aquis Foam Proportioner in 3- and 6-gpm models, which will have the additional feature of being able to produce Class B foam.

Hale Products unveiled four new products, including a SmartFOAM System, Shift Interlock Module, KP Pump series, and dual control panels. John Dinning IV calls the Class 1 SmartFOAM system "the first of its kind in the North American fire market" because of its intuitive user interface, advanced safety interlocks, fully configurable presets and data logging. The Shift Interlock Module integrates Class 1 electronics to Hale's G gearbox to increase firefighter safety, Dinning notes, ensuring shifts between road and pump mode can only occur with the apparatus is placed in neutral.

Hale's new KP Pump series of mid and rear-mounted pumps includes a multipressure option, Dinning says, as well as being "the smallest and lightest offering on the market," while Hale's dual control panels for portable pumps allow the engine and throttle to be controlled from the pump or cab.

Task Force Tips introduced a number of new products, including a low-level floating strainer, low-profile ball intake valve, a series of fixed-gallonage Master Foam nozzles, and redesigns of its remote controlled nozzle actuators and monitor electronics enclosure.

Ziamatic Corp. showed several new products, including Quik-Mount saw blade holders and shelf brackets;

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Wrexham Firefighters Donate Historic Equipment to Museum

Posted: May 31, 2016

Wrexham Firefighters Donate Historic Equipment to Museum

Lifesaving equipment which helped firefighters protect the people of Wrexham across nearly six decades will have a new lease of life as they are passed on to the town's museum. Wrexham County Borough Council's Museum service was donated a collection of firefighting equipment from the Bradley Road fire station, which was opened in 1957.

The items were donated by North Wales Fire and Rescue Service before last month’s move from the Bradley Road station to the new state of the art Ambulance and Fire Services Resource Centre(AFSRC) on Croesnewydd Road.

Some of the items donated include a tannoy that has been on-site since the 1950s and alerted officers in the event of emergencies, as well as breathing apparatus, helmets, technical items and call-out bells which have been used at the station from the 1970s to the present day.

Karen Murdoch and Virginia Bithell of Wrexham Museum were invited to the Bradley Road station before the move to collect the items for preservation.

The items donated will be stored in the Museum’s collections centre.

Cllr Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Communities and Partnerships, said: “The donation from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service is very welcome.

“The items of firefighting equipment donated will have served long and interesting careers with the fire and rescue service, and having them at the museum will go some way to revealing the social history of the town during the time in which they were used.”

This Saturday between 11am and 1pm the Fire Service will join the Museum for a forecourt event which will feature a display of two vintage fire engines.

Augmented Reality Visor Lets Firefighters See Through The Smoke

When you're fighting fires, you want as many weapons as possible at your disposal. Now, augmented reality glasses are helping firefighters navigate extreme working conditions. Researchers at the Ãcole Polytechnique FÃ©dÃ©rale de Lausanne (EPFL) a Swiss university, invented a visor that lets firefighters see through smoky dark conditions using a thermal camera.

It adds an additional layer of information to firefighters' field of vision, letting them spot a person trapped inside a house, or a potential danger that they wouldn't be able to see without the thermal camera. Many firefighting forces use a thermal camera already when fighting fires, but current models are bulky and handheld. This new version is hands-free. “At first it’s hard to know what you’re seeing, if it’s the real thing or not, but you get used to it surprisingly fast and can easily handle the two overlapping views," Jean-Marc Pittet, who trains firefighters in Switzerland, and who helped the researchers test their prototype, said in a press release.