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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

Bedford Science and Technology Center Gets Retired Ambulance

Posted: Mar 10, 2016

Bedford Science and Technology Center Gets Retired Ambulance

The Emergency Medical Technician class at Bedford Science and Technology Center gives students like Joshua Smith hands-on experience for a future career. "I've been around the medical field all my life and my mom is an LPN," said Smith. "I just want to help out in my community and better serve it."

The Emergency Medical Technician class at Bedford Science and Technology Center gives students like Joshua Smith hands-on experience for a future career.

"I've been around the medical field all my life and my mom is an LPN," said Smith. "I just want to help out in my community and better serve it."

Smith's teacher, Jodi Shirey, tries to give her students a realistic idea of what it takes to be an EMT.

One of the most important tools of that trade is an ambulance and now Shirey's students have one to call their own.

"When we put them in the back of an Ambulance, they're confined just like they are going to work in the real world and that's important," said Shirey.

The ambulance was donated by the Big Island Emergency Crew.

"I knew they had a vehicle that they were going to replace and I expressed interest to them," Shirey said.

The vehicle was built in 1998. It's old for emergency work but Shirey says it's in perfect shape for instructional use.

Longmeadow (MA) Quint Fire Apparatus Proves Value

Firefighters Mike Nothe (left) and Jason Mele (right) said they believe the Quint truck has greatly enhanced the abilities of the Fire Department since it began utilizing the Quint in August 2015.

The Fire Department’s new $750,000 Quint fire truck has exceeded the expectations of town officials since the department began utilizing it in August 2015.

Town Manager Stephen Crane told Reminder Publications one of the greatest abilities the 78-foot Quint ladder truck gives the department is to put out fires from above with speed and efficiency.

Firefighter and Paramedic Mike Nothe said the Quint has more benefits than a regular ladder truck.

"We're able to get into a lot more tight spaces in town – small driveways,” he explained.

Firefighter and Paramedic Jason Mele said the size of the Quint is a “perfect fit” for Longmeadow.

“There’s a lot of smaller streets in town where trying to maneuver a full-size ladder truck through would be close to impossible, if not impossible,” he added. “Before we had the Quint, we had to rely on mutual aid. Both of our mutual aid ladder trucks would have had a harder time negotiating, particularly the fire on Elmwood [Avenue].”

The new Quint truck, which features a permanently mounted ladder pump that has a flow capacity of 500 to 1,000 gallons of water per minute, replaced a more than 25-year-old fire engine that was sold to a government surplus website for $6,800.

Greendale (WI) Fire Department Packed and Moved Up the Street

The Greendale Fire Department is in the process of moving its rigs and everything else -- from the old fire station at the corner of Loomis and Ramsey to the Greendale Safety Center at Loomis and Grange. The move began in earnest on Thursday morning, March 10th.

When the Greendale fire station was built in 1968, officials say it was considered state of the art. Here are a couple of Facebook posts the Greendale Fire Department shared in recent days

Wyoming (Canada) Fire Department Gets New Fire Apparatus

Wyoming Fire Chief Mike Vasey says their new rescue truck will be delivered Thursday, almost two years to the day their last one was destroyed in a multi-vehicle crash during snow storm on Hwy. 402.

A new tanker is expected to be delivered in the next couple of weeks to replace one also destroyed in a 402 collision.

The fire department has been leasing a rescue truck for the past two years.

When they ordered the new rescue truck it cost $600,000, but it would be significantly higher now because of the exchange rate on the loonie.