StLFD To Sin City

What is the Firefighter Combat Challenge?

ESPN's SportCenter® has called it "The Toughest Two Minutes in Sports!"

THE SCOTT® FIREFIGHTER COMBAT CHALLENGE attracts hundreds of U.S. and Canadian municipal fire departments and thousands of firefighters every year in the test of ultimate public safety fitness. In recent years, firefighters from many countries around the world, including New Zealand, Germany, Argentina, Chile, and South Africa have began to compete in this elite event as well.

The Challenge seeks to encourage firefighter fitness and demonstrate the profession's rigors to the public. Wearing "full bunker gear" and the SCOTT Air-Pak breathing apparatus, pairs of competitors race head-to-head as they simulate the physical demands of real-life firefighting by performing a linked series of five tasks including climbing the 5-story tower, hoisting, chopping, dragging hoses and rescuing a life-sized, 175 lb. "victim" as they race against themselves, their opponent and the clock.

What is the St. Louis Fire Department Combat Challenge Team?

The ST. LOUIS COMBAT CHALLENGE TEAM consists of six St. Louis City Firefighters who have demonstrated a high level of physical fitness, athletic ability, and on-the-job performance.

Recently, this team competed in the Midwest Qualifying Firefighter Combat Challenge, against teams from many major cities from around the region. Following a tremendous regional performance, they qualified for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, which take place in Las Vegas, NV, November 16th 20th.

In the 25-year history of the competition, this is the FIRST team from St. Louis City to ever qualify for the World Championship event.

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[travaub]

who's giving the speech in this video?

[BC30813]

Great vid!

[eburkhalter]

awesome video boys! Did you really have to give Melton MORE motivation?!?! haha.

eric burkhalter

Team Met-Rx

[fdmelt]

Great Video....I love to see this kind of passion in a Team! Thanks for the motivation....tihs time of year its always welcome...come with the thunder boys!

[sl31chief]

Heck of a video guys... heck of a video!

clarence parks; Team Reservoir Ms.