I spoke with my friend, JB Kimble Saturday morning and he gave me an update of Friday night's SCOTT Firefighter Combat Challenge results. JB, along with Dion Wamsley, Joey Baxa, and Ben Tacy competed in the individual events. Ben and Joey placed in the upper third of contestants and JB and Dion were happy to finish the course. JB indicated it was the hardest he had ever worked himself. Bear in mind that our fire fighters have been training regularly for almost six months. It turns out the top contestants train every day all year round.
I received a call Saturday evening from fire chief Mitch Tacy who was in Charleston to cheer on the team and his son Ben. Mitch said that our five man team, which now includes fire fighter Brian 'Boomerang' Carr, did well enough to be invited to the National SCOTT Combat Challenge in Myrtle Beach this November.
What a great achievement for our first time team competing against teams with many years of competitive experience. Congratulations!!!!!!!!! Check out some photos at the following link http://www.firefighter-challenge.com/
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