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| 2009 Monthly Call Totals: |
| January: 198 February: 197 March: 190 April: 202 May: 211 June: 206 July: 217 August: 218 September: 196 October: 213 November: 192 December: Total: 2241 |
| 2008 Total Calls: 2704 |
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| Firefighters once again compete in the Scott Firefighter Stair Climb |
On Sunday March 8th, a group of 12 firefighters made the trip to Seattle to compete in the 18th annual Scott
Firefighter Stair Climb. Most of the team had competed the year before, but there were new member on the
team making their first trip to compete.
To put it into perspective, this is the largest firefighter competition west of the Mississippi. There were over
1,500 firefighters signed up to compete. Each team has a couple of support people assisting with bottle changing
half way up the tower. There were teams from 23 states, Canada, Germany and New Zealand. This was the
first year in which registration closed due to the amount of firefighter signing up.
Half of the team went up the night before and the other half left early in the morning to embark on this journey.
The event started at 9 am, but those of us who headed up that morning left Forest Grove around 3 am. Arriving
early was the plan to locate the best pit area. We arrived and staked out our claim on a nice spot at the base of
the escalator where climbers made their way back down to the first floor. This was by far one of the best spots
we have had since we started competing in this event. Most of our team was set to climb in the first 15
battalions. A battalion consists of roughly 50 firefighters who start their climb at 15 second intervals. This
meant that our team would almost be finished with this event by 1 pm. They start the staging for the first
battalion, roll call and once everyone is accounted for Seattle fire pipes and drums
escort the first battalion up the escalators to the main entrance of the building and
outside to an equipment check station. Everyone's equipment is checked to make
sure that it is the same equipment that would be used on duty. Once through the
check point it is standing in line awaiting your turn. Standing outside this huge
building waiting for your turn can be a little intimidating. The Columbia tower is
the largest building west of the Mississippi. You look up and all you can see is this
huge building, know that you are about ready to 69 floor wearing 60 pounds of gear.
Some people would call this crazy, but we would call part of the job.
All said and done, everyone on our team finished, all the members who had previously competed in this event
had improved on their time from the previous year. The team has managed to raise over twice the amount that
we managed to raise last year. All in all it was a good event and we are looking forward to doing better next year
with a larger team. Thank you to all who have donated to our team for this fund raiser, we would not have been
able to do what we did without your help. To see a video of this event, click here
Firefighter Stair Climb. Most of the team had competed the year before, but there were new member on the
team making their first trip to compete.
To put it into perspective, this is the largest firefighter competition west of the Mississippi. There were over
1,500 firefighters signed up to compete. Each team has a couple of support people assisting with bottle changing
half way up the tower. There were teams from 23 states, Canada, Germany and New Zealand. This was the
first year in which registration closed due to the amount of firefighter signing up.
Half of the team went up the night before and the other half left early in the morning to embark on this journey.
The event started at 9 am, but those of us who headed up that morning left Forest Grove around 3 am. Arriving
early was the plan to locate the best pit area. We arrived and staked out our claim on a nice spot at the base of
the escalator where climbers made their way back down to the first floor. This was by far one of the best spots
we have had since we started competing in this event. Most of our team was set to climb in the first 15
battalions. A battalion consists of roughly 50 firefighters who start their climb at 15 second intervals. This
meant that our team would almost be finished with this event by 1 pm. They start the staging for the first
battalion, roll call and once everyone is accounted for Seattle fire pipes and drums
escort the first battalion up the escalators to the main entrance of the building and
outside to an equipment check station. Everyone's equipment is checked to make
sure that it is the same equipment that would be used on duty. Once through the
check point it is standing in line awaiting your turn. Standing outside this huge
building waiting for your turn can be a little intimidating. The Columbia tower is
the largest building west of the Mississippi. You look up and all you can see is this
huge building, know that you are about ready to 69 floor wearing 60 pounds of gear.
Some people would call this crazy, but we would call part of the job.
All said and done, everyone on our team finished, all the members who had previously competed in this event
had improved on their time from the previous year. The team has managed to raise over twice the amount that
we managed to raise last year. All in all it was a good event and we are looking forward to doing better next year
with a larger team. Thank you to all who have donated to our team for this fund raiser, we would not have been
able to do what we did without your help. To see a video of this event, click here
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| 2010 Monthly Call Totals: |
| 2009 Total Calls: 2505 |
| January: 234 February: 187 March: 215 April: 176 May: June: July: August: September: October: November: December: Total: 812 |
| January: 234 February: 187 March: 215 April: 176 May: 209 June: 201 July: August: September: October: November: December: Total: 1222 |