Pictures are worth a thousand words folks. I can surmise this one in a single one: champions!! (oh and it doesn't show up here, but I'm definitely wearing my Chess Club shirt).
That's right on July 27, I went to the games, saw the games and conquered them. Our team consisting of 2 rookies (Willie and PJ) a fire clerk (Alison) and the summer intern (yours truly) bested the other firefighting crews to take home the cup (in this pic being held by our awesome captain Ernie).
The challenge consisted of a series of tasks grouped together to simulate what would happen at a fire with a little fitness thrown in for fun. We had to sprint 300 m to the gear, get a pump started and hooked up, run hose, use the hose to knock over a fuel barrel and roll it 150 meters, empty three backpacks (aka piss packs) of water to wet down the perimeter and then roll up all of the hose and pack up the gear again. Our team was even penalized a couple of minutes because we had end fold hose instead of centre fold. It didn't matter, we overcame all obstacles. Then we had a BBQ and socialized with the other regional crews. Below are the best pictures of the day.
The opening sprint (look out for mud pits)
The crew setting up the pump and getting things prepped
Running out hose
Trying to get those backpacks empty. Good forearm workout for sure.
Hosing down the barrels
Rolling them was a bit tricky. Needed to hit the right spot or it spun out of control on you.
Rolling up the hose near finish. Our team executed a flawless plan that brought it home.
Last length of hose and sprinting to the finish. I'm getting pretty good height off the ground here.More updates with photos to follow. Very soon.
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