City mechanics complete training
Two members of the city’s Department of Vehicle Maintenance have completed training on emergency equipment.
Mechanics Paul Cathcart and Mark Stevens spent about a week each training to repair various aspects of the city’s fire-fighting equipment, with Cathcart completing 40 hours of training in Ocala, Fla., at the plant that manufactured the city’s new ladder truck called Tower One. Stevens spending 30 hours training at the state fire academy on fire apparatus equipment.
Department supervisor Junior Nunley said Cathcart will return to Florida in November for another 40 hours of training on the new ladder truck, which has extensive technical equipment, while Stevens’ training was an effort to take advantage of an available training session. Department officials said knowledge of the equipment is vital to keeping the trucks close to home in times of emergencies.