Deputy Chief Mike Harris of the Cochranville Fire Company was strong and fast again this year winning the event with a time of 2:06. We had many contestants finishing with fast times too. Thanks to our judges: Beau Crowding, Chester County DES, Mary Ellen Toscani and Dan Kerrigan of The First Twenty, and Brian Barrett.

Our sponsors all contributed great prizes too. Thank you!

Thanks also to our KVFD team for the hard work behind the scenes setting up the challenge and supporting the Parkesburg Community Day. It truly is a team effort by all!

We had media coverage from WGAL, and the Daily Local News, with our event photographer, Mark from IrishEyez Photography taking hundreds of photos. Look for photos on his page.

Competitor Classes

First prize - Overall = $300.00 Check funded by the Parkesburg Special Events Committee (funds from the various general sponsors shown above), won by Deputy Chief Mike Harris of the Cochranville Fire Company.

Second Prize - Overall = $200.00 Check from KVFD funds donated by MES Fire won by KVFD Firefighter Avery Sharpless with a time of 2:23.

Third Prize - Overall =$100 MasterCard Gift card donated by Signal 88 Security, won by KVFD Lt. Jason Legiecko with a time of 2:29.

Fourth Prize – Overall = $50.00 gift card from Tractor Supply, won by Lt. Sean Barron of the Thorndale Fire Company with a time of 2:45.

Best Male Time – Streamlight Survivor LED donated by KVFD, won by Deputy Chief Mike Harris of the Cochranville Fire Company.

Best Female Time – Streamlight Survivor donated by the FireStore, won by our only female competitor, KVFD Firefighter Jennifer Holmes who lead off the competition.

Best Time Under 18 - Streamlight Argo Flashlight donated by the FireStore won by KVFD Jr. Captain Peter Mango with a time of 3:48.

Other competitors:

KVFD FF Nathan Vazquez 3:31
KVFD FF Justin Goss 3:47
KVFD Capt. Robert Guiney 3:50
KVFD Jr. Firefighter Hunter Stiebritz 5:01
KVFD Jr. FF Nate Gathercole 5:10

The stations were:

Goal is to have distance from each station to next a minimum of 50' or greater based on below:
1. 100' 3" line drag 50', hand over hand 50'
2. forcible entry prop
3. 100' charged handline drag (100 ft) (line can be charged then truck shut off - tie bail closed)
4. Pittsburgh drill obstacles (space out over 50')
5. 24' Ladder raise to baseball back stop (Must throw and raise fly a minimum of 5 rungs - can be more but no less)
6. Through the window prop
7. 50' dummy drag to finish