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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

Angler Rescued after Falling through Ice

Posted: Feb 22, 2016

Angler Rescued after Falling through Ice

NORTON SHORES, Mich. (WZZM) -- A 61-year-old man who went ice fishing in Muskegon County Sunday morning fell through thin ice and was in the water for 45 minutes before being rescued. It happened at Little Black Lake in Norton Shores.

There are very few homes right on the lake, but a woman who lives across the lake heard the man calling for help. With binoculars, she could see his equipment. Patten happened to be just one mile away at Hoffmaster State Park, he said. "I could not get right to him because the ice was like a sponge."

Patten called in the man's location and members of the Norton Shores Fire Department wearing ice rescue equipment reached the man.

There was "actually open water on some parts of the lake," said Joseph Kinnucan, Norton Shores Fire Department Deputy Chief.

"He was getting to the point he could not grasp but he got my throw rope around him," said Patten.

"He was not able to utilize his muscle function," said Lt. Benjamin Chartier of the Norton Shores Fire Department, who added that the man used an ice fishing spud to keep from going completely under the water. "Sitting across the ice and he was holding on to that to help support him."

Palm Coast Fire Truck Returns to where Its Career Began in New York

A firetruck that nearly met its fate in a Palm Coast scrap heap has made it home to the place it began its service in 1976.The Palm Coast City Council voted Dec.

Howard Peiffer, the former Palm Coast fire chief, in 1975 witnessed the engine being built when he worked as a firefighter for the Lake Mohegan Fire Department. He worked there 25 years and retired in 1992, he said.

"It was a big difference from the one that it replaced because it was more powerful and it got around a lot easier," he told the News-Journal in earlier interviews. "It maneuvers very well. It's always had a good pump on it — a 1,000-gallon per minute pump."

Palm Coast Fire Chief Mike Beadle and Peiffer have said the engine would be used mostly for ceremonies.

Peiffer has a long history with the engine, he wrote in an email.

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Modesto Puts $5.4 Million Plan to Lease Fire Trucks on Hold

Posted: Feb 22, 2016

Modesto Puts $5.4 Million Plan to Lease Fire Trucks on Hold

The Fire Department has put its nearly $5.4 million proposal to lease five new fire engines and two new ladder trucks on hold after Modesto's new City Council members raised questions about the deal. Fire Chief Sean Slamon said he decided to pull the item from Tuesday's council meeting agenda and hopes to bring its back to the council in mid-March for a decision.

The proposal calls for Modesto to lease the engines and trucks from Wisconsin-based Pierce Manufacturing and PNC Equipment Finance over 10 years. At the end of the 10 years, the city could purchase the engines and trucks, extend the lease for five years or enter into another lease for new engines and trucks.

City officials say the proposal addresses a critical need to replace aging fire apparatus that costs too much to maintain and do it in a way that doesn’t break the Fire Department’s budget. Slamon has said the money for the lease payments would come from savings from reduced maintenance costs and from money now being used to pay off the recent purchase of two Pierce fire engines. Those payments end in 2018, and the lease payments begin in 2017.

City officials gave a presentation last week about the proposal at the council’s Great Safe Neighborhoods Committee. Officials from Modesto-based Burton’s Fire – which is a dealer for South Dakota-based Rosenbauer, one of Pierce’s competitors – were at the meeting and asked why the city was not putting this project out to bid to ensure it was getting the best price.

Read more here: http://www.modbee.com/news/article60958912.html#storylink=cpyCity officials say the proposal addresses a critical need to replace aging fire apparatus that costs too much to maintain and do it in a way that doesn’t break the Fire Department’s budget. Slamon has said the money for the lease payments would come from savings from reduced maintenance costs and from money now being used to pay off the recent purchase of two Pierce fire engines. Those payments end in 2018, and the lease payments begin in 2017.

City officials gave a presentation last week about the proposal at the council’s