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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: Jun 13, 2022

Lexington (KY) Fire Department Truck Hit En Route to Call

A Lexington Fire Department truck Friday was involved in an accident near the University of Kentucky, reports kentucky.com.

Department officials say the apparatus was responding to a report of a private alarm with its lights and sirens activated when it was hit after it had cleared the S. Limestone intersection and was making a turn onto Washington Avenue.

No injuries were reported and damage to both vehicles was minimal.

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Posted: Jun 13, 2022

Photo of the Day: June 13, 2022

Rescue 1—Toms River (NJ) Fire District #2, Pleasant Plains, heavy rescue. Spartan Metro Star LFD cab and chassis; Cummins L9 380-hp engine; 18-foot 9-inch walk-around rescue body; Onan 25-kW generator; Will-Burt Night Scan Powerlite NS4.5-9000-OPT with six FRC Optimum 1,500-w LED light heads; nine customized compartments; extra large upper storage compartments. Dealer: Jamey Pallitto, New Jersey Emergency Vehicles, Manasquan, NJ.

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Posted: Jun 13, 2022

The Enforcer 60 CAF Unit, Another Option for Your Brush Unit

By Bill Adkins

One option to get the most out of your brush unit is to utilize the Enforcer 60 skid unit. When building a brush truck we tend to want it to remain light due to the distinct possibility of going off road. We also want the ability to make the most impact without needing to return to refill. Refilling times allows the fire to continue to grow.

In an earlier article I mentioned Peebles Fire Department and its Razor side-by-side field unit. Razor 15 utilized the Enforcer 10 unit instead of using the traditional water tank. The Enforcer 10 allows the razor to stay lightweight by only using 10 gallons of liquid to produce up to 200 gallons of finished foam. Peebles Fire Department has been extremely happy with the performance of the Enforcer 10.

Brush 15 with the Enforcer 60 skid unit.

Posted: Jun 12, 2022

Ground-Breaking Ceremony Held for East Umatilla (WA) Fire Station

On [Wednesday] at 10:30 a.m. dignitaries, firefighters, and the public came together to witness the first steps of building a new fire station for East Umatilla Fire & Rescue on the corner of Bannister Road and Mill Street in Weston, a Facebook post reads.

Chief Dave Baty had a family emergency he needed to attend to so Assistant Chief Jeremy Lasater was the MC for the festivities.

This was a historic event. The previous fire department: East Umatilla County Rural Fire Protection District purchased the land in July of 2011, with our previous Chief Don Jackson was where the dream started.

In 2017, EUCRFPD made an Intergovernmental agency agreement with Helix Fire Department to work as one department. In 2019 the communities voted to come together as one fire district under EUCRFPD. May of 2020, we asked the communities again to combine East Umatilla County Rural Fire Protection District, Helix Fire Department and Athena Fire Department as one entity called East Umatilla Fire & Rescue. There was a 3 to 1 vote to combine all three departments. There is an intergovernmental agreement between the new EUF&R with East Umatilla County Ambulance Area Health District at this time.

Chief Baty had contacted Umatilla County Commissioner John Shafer about a grant to loan the money for a new fire station. Shafer called Senator Bill Hansell with Baty in the room and they discussed the need of the new station. Senator Hansell had the idea to use Capital Construction Funds (lottery funds) to get on a list and maybe get some money. He then met with the East Umatilla Fire & Rescue Board of Directors to try and “make things happen”. They needed about 5 million dollars to work with.

Senator Hansell explained that there was some federal grant money called ARPA that was given to each district. 4 million was given to each Senator and 2 million was given to each House Representative. “This came from just an idea to where we are today” said Senator Hansell.

House Representative Bobby Levy was approached by Senator Hansell and asked if she was willing to donate half of her ARPA funds to this fire district. They took a tour of the facility and she couldn’t believe there was a working fire station in some crazy conditions. First and foremost, trying to get fire trucks in and out of a steep incline to respond to each call.