| This past Saturday October 24, 2010, the 1st Annual Huntingtown VFD "Combat Challenge" occurred at the Huntingtown VFD. A total of 24 members participated in the strenuous exercise that challenged you both physically AND mentally. Every single member that participated finished the event and never gave up. Many members have been practicing for months leading up to this event. The event started at 0800-1200 hours. The quickest recorded time was 2 minutes 31 seconds. Many thanks to everybody that participated in this event. This will continue every year!!!
Station 1: Competitor will be fully dressed in PPE and breathing air (30 min bottle). Time starts when you dismount Engine 61. Grab 150' standpipe rack, walk up two flights of stairs and back down. Drop the standpipe rack in designated location.
Station 2: Advance a charged 100' attack line 100' to designated area. There will be an object 75' away from designated area that you must knock off table with stream of water.
Station 3: Extend and retract a 24' extension ladder hand over hand.
Station 4: Raise a 50' section donut roll up two flights of stairs via rope and lower the donut roll hand over hand.
Station 5: Crawl through a section of plastic pipe (tunnel) 40' long.
Station 6: Drag a 175 lb "victim" 30' to designated location.
Station 7: Strike a wooden railroad tie 10 times with a sledge hammer.
16-21 Years Old:
Josh Buckler: 1st Place
Hunter Stewart: 2nd Place
Josh Miller: 3rd Place
Austin Williams: 4th Place
Ben Jeffery: 5th Place
Tyler Davis: 6th Place
Dylan Smith: 7th Place
Amaryllis Rodriguez Donato: 8th Place
Shannon Luckett: 9th Place
Andrea Osbourn: 10th Place
Jill Donohue: 11th Place
21-30 Years Old:
Ricky Grierson: 1st Place
Al Jeffery: 2nd Place
Kyle Colleli: 3rd Place
John Borden: 4th Place
Timmy Nicholson: 5th Place
Jonathan Riffe: 6th Place
Jason Jones: 7th Place
Mike Nasti: 8th Place
31-40 Years Old:
Billy Bingham: 1st Place
James Bobo: 2nd Place
Brian Thrasher: 3rd Place
41 and Over:
Scott Bowen: 1st Place
Jim D'Amico: 2nd Place
There were 4 leather helmets distributed, 4 Streamlight LED handlights distributed, 4 leather radio straps distributed. Every other participant received a personal folding spanner wrench.
Many thanks to the evaluators/judges for their assistance: Tim Delehanty, Jen Lankford, John Raley, Orval Thrasher, Mike Groce, Marty Sealey, Brent Lankford and Kim Jones. Also, thanks to Dunkirk Engine 51 for filling-in at our station during the event. Thanks to the Ladies Auxiliary for handling breakfast, lunch and beverages during the entire event.
All pictures courtesy of member Dennis Hook: www.DennisHook.smugmug.com. Videos can also be found on his website. |
