The week-long Alaska Fire Conference wrapped-up on Saturday with the Cameron Carter Memorial Run and a Firefighter Skills Competition.
Sam Sathathite with the Kenai Fire Department said this was the largest turnout ever for the race.
Sathathite: “It was the largest turnout that the event had ever had, it was the first time that we opened it up to the public and we had a lot of non-firefighters come and run in it so it was a pretty good size turnout.”
The firefighter skills competition saw teams from accross the state compete.
Sathathite: “One is a SCBA competition where participants will race to an air pack and put the air pack on as fast as they can, we’ll have another station where people have a fire extinguisher and they’ll have to run and put out a burning barrel, we’ll have a ladder race competition and then what we call a make and break where they’ll connect and disconnect hoses to a hydrant and then to the end of the hose and back. All of these are times events that teams compete in.”
Sathathite said Alyeska firefighters placed first in overall points, followed by the Kenai Fire Department in second and Nikiski Fire Department in third.
