For the third year, the Los Pinos Fire District sponsored Firefighter Charles Talley to travel to Washington State to participate in the Annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb at the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle. The event took place on Sunday, March 8th, 2009.
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Click here to learn more about the event.
The event, sponsored by Scott Health & Safety, is a fundraiser for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The Society has dedicated itself to being one of the top-rated voluntary health agencies in terms of dollars that directly fund the mission. More that 75 percent of their funds are spent on research, patient services and education. All proceeds support blood cancer research and patient services programs.
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The race is done in FULL structural firefighter gear: boots, pants and coat (liners intact), helmet and gloves. Breathing apparatus is worn and used every step of the course. Each firefighter participant is required to use gear which meets current NFPA structural firefighting standards. With a record number of participants from across the US, Canada, and even New Zealand, the event was yet again the largest individual firefighting competition in the world. The event received excellent media coverage.
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The Scott Firefighter Stairclimb is the largest individual firefighter stairclimb in the country. At 788 feet of vertical elevation, the Columbia Center (formerly Bank of America Tower) in downtown Seattle stands as the second tallest building west of the Mississippi. It takes 69 flights of stairs and 1,311 steps to reach the highly acclaimed observation deck overlooking the city.
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For the third year in a row, Los Pinos Firefighter Charles Talley trooped out of the Columbia Center's stairwell Sunday, sweat dripping from his brow, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus beeping, as cheers and applause filled the air. "Are you OK?" volunteers asked as they removed his mask and helmet.
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More than 1,380 participants were lined up to take part in the Stairclimb, each engaged in a personal competition with 69 grueling flights of stairs and 70 pounds of gear.
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Charles finished the course in an impressive 0:21:09 (He ran it in 0:26:11 in 2007 and 0:19:50 in 2008) and placed 680 out of the 1385 overall participants (He placed 811 out of the 1100 overall participants in 2007 and 545 out of 1326 in 2008). CONGRATULATIONS CHARLES!
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The event, which organizers say is the largest of its kind, raised $640,000 from the firefighters.
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