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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: Mar 31, 2016

1954 Mack Pumper

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Posted: Mar 31, 2016

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Rosenbauer 115-Foot T Rex

Michigan City (IN) Fire Department, 115-foot T Rex articulating aerial ladder platform quint. Commander 4000 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump

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Grant County (OR) Seeks Funds for Second Fire Station

Posted: Mar 30, 2016

Grant County (OR) Seeks Funds for Second Fire Station

The fire district commissioners approved putting two propositions on the April 26 special election ballot. Proposition 1 allows the fire district to sell $825,000 in bonds. The commissioners plan to use the money to build a new fire station in the southern portion of the fire district.

The fire district commissioners approved putting two propositions on the April 26 special election ballot.

Proposition 1 allows the fire district to sell $825,000 in bonds. The commissioners plan to use the money to build a new fire station in the southern portion of the fire district.

Property owners would pay 40 cents per $1,000 of assessed value more in property taxes to pay for the bonds.

Fire district 13 includes about 126 square miles around Ephrata, and operates out of one fire station.

Snyder (NE) and Smeal Build Fire Trucks and Aid Each Other

Steve Burger lives just four blocks from Smeal Fire Apparatus Co., but he and his 21-year-old son hop into their old beater and drive to work together five days a week. Like so many others around here, working at Smeal is practically in their blood, and they have no problem spending almost every hour of the day together.

Like so many others around here, working at Smeal is practically in their blood, and they have no problem spending almost every hour of the day together.

Burger has worked at the plant that makes fire trucks for 15 years. His brother works there, too. And his son, Chris, has been at the plant since he graduated.

“I just figured I’d get a good job right outside of high school and got comfy,” Chris Burger said.

The Smeal plant sits on the western edge of this village of 298 not far from Fremont, and it employs more people than that -- 313 on a given weekday -- in jobs ranging from the front offices to the production lines working on 45 to 60 firetrucks at a time.