GREAT RACE RESULTS 5/6/06
On Saturday, May 6, 2006, every Battalion 14 Company competed in the inaugural edition of "The Great Race". The times are in and a winner has been declared.
Arriving companies were tasked with establishing a water supply, loading the standpipes, throwing the 20' extension ladder, ascending the stairwell with all necessary equipment and placing a fire attack line into operation on the 4th level of a 5 story parking structure that simulated a High Rise Building. Finding heavy fire and smoke on the fire floor the 4-member teams extended their High Rise Hose Pack attack lines as far as possible before having to extend yet another 100 feet from the Nozzle to reach the objective.
Under the watchful eyes of on scene "Officials", as well as Division 3 Commander Rick Garcia, the teams were required to observe all proper safety procedures and don full PPEs. The entire fire floor was deemed an IDLH area and all teams were "on air" for their operations. Having to continually flow water, advance the loaded attack line around a corner and extend from the nozzle, each and every team was faced with a scenario that was tough but very realistic.
With more details, pictures and a video to follow in the next post, here are the official results and the name of the Battalion 14 Great Race Champion and winner of the Charles E. Miles Perpetual Trophy:
6th Place - Engine 78 - 17:03
5th Place - Engine 97 - 13:39
4th Place - Engine 89 - 13:06
3rd Place - Engine 60 - 11:44
2nd Place - Engine 86 - 11:16
Champion - Engine 102-11:12
(Above) The winning team from Fire Station 102: (left to right) Engineer Steve Romero, A/O Richard Moody, Captain II John Cappon and F/F Eric Custudio. Also pictured are F/F Brendon Lew (far left) and A/O Frank Aguirre (far right) Presenting the trophy is Division 3 Commander Assistant Chief Rick Garcia.
(Above) Pictured with the team from Fire Station 102 is the Runner-Up team from Fire Station 86 of (left to right) FF/PM Miguel Escobedo, F/F Melissa Galleano, Captain I Richard Brunson and Engineer Luis Vargas. The margin between the first and second place teams was a mere 4 seconds!
The Battalion 14 and Division 3 Commanders would like to congratulate all members for their outstanding efforts at today's event. Look for a compilation of Lessons Learned and much more from today's activities in our next post. You were great!
Congratulations to Fire Station 102 ... The 2006 "Great Race" Champions !
Prior to the event no teams were aware of the location of the exercise or the evolutions that would be performed. Therefore, no LAFD companies could be used to "dry run" the evolutions.
Engine 108 arrived at 0700 hrs. ready to compete. At the request of the Officials the Engine 108 team was utilized to "dry run" the evolutions to insure that the event was properly set-up and that the competing teams could complete their operations, review their performance and pick up their equipment in the time alloted.
Engine 108 did not compete but their dry run of the "Great Race" insured a successful outcome for all of the teams.
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