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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

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

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Posted: Feb 22, 2016

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Rosenbauer Rescue Truck

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Firefighter, Truck Driver Injured In Accident Involving After Semi Hits Fire Truck

Posted: Feb 20, 2016

Firefighter, Truck Driver Injured In Accident Involving After Semi Hits Fire Truck

MADISON COUNTY (KFSM) - A firefighter and truck driver were injured after as Arkansas State Police responded to an accident involving a fire truck and a semi-truck on Friday afternoon (Feb. 19). The firefighter was transported by helicopter to a Missouri hospital, while the truck driver was taken via ambulance to a Fayetteville hospital, according to ASP.

Police said the fire truck pulled out from a side road into the path of the tractor-trailer traveling along U. S. Highway 412 just outside of Marble.

Ex-Piston Duerod Set to Retire as Detroit Firefighter

Terry Duerod spent a moment in the sun and years in the heat. He was a bench player on the 1980-81 NBA champion Celtics before becoming a Detroit firefighter, a position he's held for 27 years. He's set to retire from his second career in July, when he turns 60, because of the department's mandatory retirement policy.

He took the test to become a firefighter and was hired in 1989. Most of his career has been driving fire trucks.

Despite his former notoriety, Duerod says he’s able to fool fellow firefighters during pickup basketball games.

“When I first start playing with some of these young guys, they don’t know who I am, and I don’t say anything,” Duerod said. “Their friends will finally tell them, ‘Don’t you know who you’re playing with? He was in the NBA.’ ”

Duerod plays on the fire department’s basketball team.

“We won 11 championships,” he said. “The big rivalry was between us and the cops. They wanted to beat us so bad, but they couldn’t until we got old.”

Duerod, who lives in Westland with his wife of 34 years, Rosemary, said he’ll miss the camaraderie of the firehouse.