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TE AWAMUTU COURIER, TUESDAY, JULY <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2012</strong> 5<br />

Chance to challenge yourself<br />

BY CATHY ASPLIN<br />

<strong>Te</strong> <strong>Awamutu</strong> Volunteer Fire Brigade’s first<br />

Firefighter Challenge held in April was so successful<br />

that another is being staged later this month.<br />

Spokesperson Chris Bestwick says planning is well<br />

underway.<br />

‘‘We have over 40 firefighters, both volunteer and<br />

paid, from around the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and<br />

Auckland areas who have entered. <strong>Te</strong>n from our own<br />

brigade will be competing — including our Chief Fire<br />

Officer Ian Campbell.’’<br />

The challenge on July 28 will kick off at 9am and<br />

finish around 4pm.<br />

‘‘The day begins with individual runs, then tandem<br />

and team events. The finals will be staged in the<br />

afternoon.<br />

‘‘The event is a chance for us to show people what<br />

else we do in the Fire Service — as they probably only<br />

see us racing up and down the main street attending<br />

incidents.<br />

‘‘For <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Awamutu</strong> firefighters it is a great chance to<br />

pit our skills against others and the clock.’’<br />

The <strong>Te</strong> <strong>Awamutu</strong> Firefighter Challenge requires<br />

entrants to wear full firefighting gear while they<br />

complete a set list of tasks.<br />

These include climbing a tower carrying a hose,<br />

hoisting a coil three storeys, driving a beam with a shot<br />

hammer, using a hose to knock down a disk and<br />

dragging a dummy backwards for the last 30m.<br />

<strong>Te</strong> <strong>Awamutu</strong> firefighter Hamish Doohan tried the<br />

challenge for the first time in April and says it a was a<br />

great experience.<br />

He already had a high level of fitness in readiness for<br />

the Sky City Firefighter Challenge (which he competed<br />

in a impressive time of 11 minutes) so it was a matter of<br />

training on the course.<br />

‘‘We trained for several Sundays before the event<br />

which helped me get used to the demands of the event.<br />

‘‘I took part in the individual, tandem, team and<br />

relay events during the day.<br />

‘‘It was good fun, but those last few metres dragging<br />

the dummy are probably the toughest, I was knackered<br />

at that stage.’’<br />

While he won’t be here to compete in the challenge<br />

on July 28, he plans to compete in an event later in the<br />

year.<br />

‘‘This course is very similar to the Firefighter<br />

Combat Challenge, so it’s a great way to test yourself. I<br />

encourage others to give it a go.’’<br />

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