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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: Apr 20, 2016

Scott Safety launches HushAir Connect 7500™ Compressor System

MONROE, N.C. (April 18, 2016) – Scott Safety, a Tyco business, is pleased to announce the launch of a suite of new breathing air system products that include the HushAir Connect 7500, RevolveAir Connect and SmartTouch Controller. Based on feedback from the fire service and industry professionals, Scott Safety designed the new compressor system from end-user input who demanded a smarter, simpler to use, cylinder fill station.

“This new compressor system is an industry game-changer,” said Scott Safety Marketing Program Manager Josh Burnheimer. “With the improved safety features and fewer maintenance requirements, we really listened to our customers and gave them what they demanded – a safer, easier to use system.”

The next generation breathing air system utilizes a 7500 psi design to decreases fill times and increase capacity – an industry first! With a simple to operate user interface, HushAir Connect 7500 is safer to use and easier to maintain.

Key Advancements:
•   Simplicity and ease of use utilizing innovative touchscreen smart controller
•   Speed and efficiency of operation
•   Improved safety with fewer maintenance requirements
•   Lower cost of ownership through its modular design, improved maintenance requirements achieved from a lower RPM compressor
•   Automatic RFID sensing technology utilizing a touch screen interface allows for automatic cylinder fill recording, automating the NFPA 1989 logging requirements
•   Continuous electronic monitoring of system performance, including voltages, pressures, intakes, output, oil life, filter life, general maintenance and system performance
•   Quietest compressor on the market

Designed from the bottom up, the 7500 psi increases efficiency and allows more cylinder fills per charge. With new automatic RFID sensing technology, the RevolveAir Connect is able to detect and select how to most efficiently fill nearly any SCBA cylinder with minimal user input or training.

The SmartTouch Controller integrates the breathing air compressor, charge station, and storage bottles to achieve seamless automation of the entire breathing air system. New safety features include a suite of on board sensors and diagnostic tools, minimizing the user input by automating nearly all the processes required of the user. The entire system has the ability to monitor and record various facets of operation, including cylinder fill record keeping, equipment status, error detection, and breathing air quality. Additionally, the system is fully upgradable with its modular design.

Scott Safety will showcase the HushAir Connect 7500 Compressor System April 20 - 23 at FDIC, booth #2323.

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Connecticut Fire Departments Seek $160,000 grant from FEMA

Posted: Apr 20, 2016

Connecticut Fire Departments Seek $160,000 grant from FEMA

Spurred by changes both in construction and rail lines, three area fire departments are teaming up with the intent to provide more comprehensive services to residents. Meriden, Wallingford, and North Haven fire departments have applied for a $160,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant that would enable them to purchase specialized tactical rescue equipment and pay for related firefighter training.

The grant money would be used to purchase equipment to help with high-angle, low-angle, and rope rescues, machinery and disentanglement rescues and trench rescues, Meriden Fire Chief Ken Morgan said.

"We're doing it as a regional grant, which makes it more appealing to FEMA because multiple communities are benefiting from it," Morgan said. "Plus it doesn't make sense to focus a lot of equipment in a single department, this way we can spread it out."

The type of incidents for which this equipment would be needed are "low frequency, high impact" situations, said Wallingford Deputy Fire Chief Joe Czentnar, meaning they don't happen often, but when they do, they require a lot of manpower and equipment.

Marrs Township (IN) Fire Station Getting Grain Bin Rescue Equipment

A Tri-State fire station getting some new equipment which could mean the difference between life and death for farmers.

Marrs Township Fire Chief Andy Logan says he expects to receive grain bin rescue equipment on Friday. In the past, Marrs Township had to rely on other fire departments to rescue people from a grain bin.

When a man was rescued from a grain bin on March 28, the Black Township Fire Department had to be called in for help.

Chief Logan says the cost for the new equipment is around $4,000 which is funded by the Marrs Township trustee.

Fall River (MA) City Council Approves Grant for New Fire Equipment

Fall River firefighters are getting some desperately needed equipment, thanks to the city council and a federal loan.

When a fire breaks out in the city, often the first truck to respond is 20 years old. The back-up is 30 years old.

That's why firefighters are thankful that that the city council approved a federal loan Tuesday night for $5 million worth of new equipment.

"We've actually bought apparatus that other communities were letting go, getting rid of," District Fire Chief James Mellen of the Fall River Fire Department said. "We've bought them at a greatly reduced rate, and put them in as a front-line apparatus."

At fire department headquarters, the back-up engine looks more like an antique, while Engine 1 has critical equipment that often breaks down -- or doesn't exist to begin with.

"It's a Godsend for our department," District Chief Ambrose Smith of the Fall River Fire Department said. "It's just like your own car. If your car gets to be 20 years old, you have a lot more breakdowns than if a car's 2 or 3 years old."