2004 History
West Monroe Firefighter Challenge
The department's drill on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 was the Firefighter Challenge. The Firefighter Challenge is a series of tasks which tests a firefighter's skills, conditioning and knowledge. Those tasks are:
- Donning full protective gear and SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus);
- Rolling a length of four inch (diameter) hose;
- Dragging a dummy the length of the truck bay;
- Climbing a ground ladder;
- Crawling through a pipe while wearing full gear and SCBA; and
- Advancing 1 3/4" (diameter) hose to knock over a cone
These were the results:
Mask qualified
| Name | Time (mm:ss) (shorter is better) |
Position | |
| 1. | Dave Eiffe | 2:19 | Assistant Chief | 2. | Russ Boughton | 2:32 | Assistant Chief | 3. | Kevin Davis | 2:38 | Captain | 4. | Jeff Sikora | 3:00 | Firefighter | 5. | Ryan Eiffe | 3:03 | Lieutenant | 6. | Nick Belair | 3:37 | Firefighter | 7. | Al Giamartino | 3:40 | Captain | 8. | Dave Hanson | 3:44 | Past Chief | 9. (tie) | Josh DeCirce | 3:52 | Firefighter | 10. (tie) | Adam Burke | 3:52 | Junior Firefighter |
Non-mask
| Name | Time (mm:ss) (shorter is better) |
Position | |
| 1. | Mike Altier | 2:38 | Lieutenant | 2. | K. Fleischman | 3:39 | Firefighter | 3. | D. Murray | 4:26 | New firefighter |
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