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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: Sep 6, 2022

Crook County (OR) Fire Rescue Gets $2.5 Million Grant for Seismic Upgrades to Fire Station

Crook County (OR) Fire & Rescue has received a $2.5 million grant to make the fire station in Prineville more resistant to earthquakes, according to a report published by KTVZ News 21.

According to the report, the main fire station was built in the 1970s and is due for an upgrade and it hasn’t been remodeled since the 1990s.

The department received a seismic rehabilitation grant after an inspection revealed that the Prineville station needed work to withstand an earthquake and fire officials are seeking proposals to do that work until September 14, according to the television station.

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Posted: Sep 6, 2022

Fire Apparatus of the Day: September 6, 2022

Smeal—Eliot (ME) Fire Department top-mount controls pumper. Sirius ll MFD cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CXSC20 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon water tank; 20-gallon and 10-gallon foam cells for Class B and Class A foam; Waterous Aquis 3.0 dual-agent foam system. Dealer: David J. Farrell, New England Fire Equipment & Apparatus, North Haven, CT.

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Posted: Sep 6, 2022

Historic Troy (NY) firehouse needs more repairs than planned

The City of Troy, NY will have to pay 45 percent more that it expected to repair its 133-year-old Troy Fire Station 6 at Canal Avenue and Third Street after the contractor discovered that water damage requires extensive structural work, TimesUnion.com reported Monday.

The renovations at the firehouse, also known by its historic designation as the J.C. Osgood Fire House, were into their fourth week when the construction firm CD Perry reported that the basement concrete floors were deteriorating and the steel supports for the building are corroded, the report said.

For more on this story, please go to TimesUnion.com.

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Posted: Sep 6, 2022

Blaine (KY) VFD Gets Federal Grant to Replace Fire Station That Burned Down

The Blaine Volunteer Fire Department received a $750,000 federal grant to build a new station after its old one burned down, WCHSTV.com reported.

The new station will be built at the department’s temporary location in the Martha community of Lawrence County, the report said.

In 2013, the former fire station near Blaine burned down. The VFD bought the former Ashland Oil garage, but the department has five trucks and only two can be parked inside the garage. The other three are parked at locations throughout the county.

A $750,000 federal grant will fund a new fire station to solve that problem. It will be built behind the temporary station, the report said.