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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

Additional Fire Stations Recommended for Austin (TX) Fire Department

Posted: Mar 8, 2016

Additional Fire Stations Recommended for Austin (TX) Fire Department

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thunder crashed and lightning struck as powerful thunderstorms moved swiftly through California Monday, briefly knocking ... The Public Safety Commission is looking at ways to cut down the time it takes fire fighters to respond to a call. You can find out more at makeitgoodapothecary.com.

The Union’s study, done in cooperation with cty of Austin Fire staff shows only seven out of 46 fire stations are consistently meeting response time goals, mainly in the central core of the city. The rest are lagging by seconds or even minutes.

The key solution involves building (and staffing) new fire/EMS stations in:

Travis Country area
Loop 360 area
Good Night Ranch area
Moore’s Crossing area
Canyon Creek area
A sixth area AFD is keeping an eye on is the Manchaca/ Slaughter Lane neighborhood in Austin’s southwest end.

Firefighters’ Union leaders say the Association has the support of management. That puts the onus on city leaders to decide how to pay for the new stations if the city manager gives the green light.

Fire Truck Involved in Crash

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A crash in downtown Nashville has involved a fire truck. It happened between the Birch building and the Metro courthouse downtown. According to the driver of a Corolla, the fire truck tried to make u-turn, and cut her off. Officers with the metro Nashville Police Department responded to the scene and took a report.

Snyder (TX) Volunteer Fire Department Reports Equipment Stolen

The Snyder Volunteer Fire Department asked the public for help following the theft of their firefighting gear Monday. According to a post on the Snyder Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page, someone stopped and stole $1800 worth of firefighting gear from a volunteer firefighter's pickup.

Fire crews were busy battling several grass fires at the time just north of Huffman Avenue on U.S. Highway 84.

The white pickup was sitting in a ditch at time of the theft.

New DNRC Fire Boss Prepares for Tough Season

We used to think wildland firefighters hibernated like bears after chasing smoke all summer. If so, Mike DeGrosky would like to know why his Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation firefighters have already responded to 38 wildfires by the first week of March.

Replacing fire-wrecked supplies like that hose and repairing fire equipment is how DRNC fire workers spend their off-season days. DeGrosky said changing climate conditions and growing human encroachment into fire-prone areas has cut into that down-time.

“They’re already expecting to have a terrible time around the Great Lakes and the Northern Plains states,” he said of the national fire forecasts. “And Billings set a temperature record over the weekend. Now, it could start to rain in June and make everything different. But right now, the call is for significant warmth and continued drought, especially in central and southeast Montana.”

Fires in that part of the state differ from the blazes western Montanans are used to. They often strike grasslands and prairies where a stiff wind can char thousands of acres in an afternoon. That puts huge focus on the fire’s early stages, which in turn highlights one of DeGrosky’s strategic challenges.