2018 Competition Participants
The Warren County Junior Firefighters would like to thank this year’s Warren County Junior Firefighter Competition `18 participants:
- Crawford Twp. FD Junior Firefighters from Moyock (Currituck Co.), NC
- Florida Fire Cadets Team-A* from West Palm Beach (Palm Beach Co.), FL
- Florida Fire Cadets Team-B* from Estero (Lee Co.), FL
- Gaston FD Junior Firefighters from Gaston (Northampton Co.), NC
- Lewisville FD Junior Firefighters* from Lewisville (Forsyth Co.), NC
- Matthews FD Fire Explorer Post from Matthews (Mecklenburg Co.), NC
- Mebane FD Fire Explorer Post 109* from Mebane (Alamance Co.), NC
- Miami-Dade FD Junior Fire Cadets Team-1* from Miami (Dade Co.), FL
- Miami-Dade FD Junior Fire Cadets Team-2* from Miami (Dade Co.), FL
- Miami-Dade FD Junior Fire Cadets Team-3* from Miami (Dade Co.), FL
- New Market FD Junior Fire Cadets Team-1* from New Market (Jefferson Co.), TN
- New Market FD Junior Fire Cadets Team-2* from New Market (Jefferson Co.), TN
- Northern Wake FD Junior Firefighters from Wake Forest (Wake Co.), NC
- Rocky Point FD Junior Firefighters from Rocky Point (Pender Co.), NC
- Sharps Chapel FD Fire Explorer Post 510 from Sharps Chapel (Union Co.), TN
- South Mills FD Junior Firefighters from South Mills (Camden Co.), NC, and
- Zebulon FD Fire Explorer Post 9* from Zebulon (Wake Co.), NC
2018 Awards

The following Awards were presented on Saturday, April 28, 2018:
Rise & Shine (quick dress) Field Event (Individual)
Rise & Shine (quick dress) Field Event (Team)
Patient Extrication Field Event
Pittsburgh Drill Field Event
Fly The Wye Field Event
Water Tug-O-War Field Event
Written Knowledge Event (Individual)
Verbal Knowledge Event (Individual)
Crazy 8s (knot tying) Event (Individual)
Farthest Traveled Team Award
Better Luck Next Year Award
Best In Knowledge Events Award
Best In Field Events Award
Christopher Pegram Best Sportsmanship Award
Walter M. Gardner, Junior Best All-Around Team Award
Rise & Shine (quick dress) Field Event (Individual)
- 1st Place – Shane C. (New Market FD Team-1)
- 2nd Place – Brandon P. (FL Team-A – West Palm Beach FD)
- 3rd Place – Chris P. (South Mills FD)
Rise & Shine (quick dress) Field Event (Team)
- 1st Place – FL Team-A (West Palm Beach FD)
- 2nd Place – New Market FD Team-1
- 3rd Place – Gaston FD
Patient Extrication Field Event
- 1st Place – FL Team-A (West Palm Beach FD)
- 2nd Place – Gaston FD
- 3rd Place – Matthews FD
Pittsburgh Drill Field Event
- 1st Place – Gaston FD
- 2nd Place – FL Team-A (West Palm Beach FD)
- 3rd Place – Sharps Chapel FD
Fly The Wye Field Event
- 1st Place – Gaston FD
- 2nd Place – Mebane FD
- 3rd Place – South Mills FD
Water Tug-O-War Field Event
- 1st Place – Warren County Junior Firefighters
- 2nd Place – FL Team-A (West Palm Beach FD)
- 3rd Place – FL Team-B (Estero FD)
Written Knowledge Event (Individual)
- 1st Place – Chuck D. (Matthews FD)
- 2nd Place – Justin P. (Zebulon FD)
- 3rd Place – Donna V. (Crawford Twp FD)
Verbal Knowledge Event (Individual)
- 1st Place – Matthew B. (Warren County Junior Firefighters)
- 2nd Place – Tyler A. (Matthews FD)
- 3rd Place – Spencer C. (Northern Wake FD)
Crazy 8s (knot tying) Event (Individual)
- 1st Place – Brandon N. (New Market FD Team-2)
- 2nd Place – Olivia T. (Matthews FD)
- 3rd Place – Seth M. (Gaston FD)
Farthest Traveled Team Award
- Miami-Dade FD (873 miles)
Better Luck Next Year Award
- Miami-Dade FD Team-3
Best In Knowledge Events Award
- Matthews FD
Best In Field Events Award
- Gaston FD
Christopher Pegram Best Sportsmanship Award
- Miami-Dade FD Team-3
Walter M. Gardner, Junior Best All-Around Team Award
- Gaston FD
2018 Results
Results for the Warren County Junior Firefighter Competition `18. NOTE: Unfortunately, I have not located the individual grade sheets for the Written Testing Event and Verbal Testing Event. Please pardon any misspelled names; these are transcribed from the field judges’ handwritten field notes.
RISE & SHINE (QUICK DRESSING) FIELD EVENT (INDIVIDUAL)
NOTE: Only the top three competitors’ times per team were recorded. The judges’ notes are incomplete; I presume that with the later teams that they stopped recording times greater than 1:30 or so.
RISE & SHINE FIELD EVENT (TEAM)
PATIENT EXTRICATION FIELD EVENT
PITTSBURGH DRILL FIELD EVENT
FLY THE WYE FIELD EVENT
WATER TUG-O-WAR FIELD EVENT
CRAZY 8s KNOT TYING EVENT
WRITTEN KNOWLEDGE-BASED TESTING
VERBAL KNOWLEDGE-BASED TESTING
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RISE & SHINE (QUICK DRESSING) FIELD EVENT (INDIVIDUAL)
NOTE: Only the top three competitors’ times per team were recorded. The judges’ notes are incomplete; I presume that with the later teams that they stopped recording times greater than 1:30 or so.
- 00:55.0 – 1st PLACE – Shane C., (New Market FD)
- 00:59.0 – 2nd PLACE – Brandon P., (West Palm Beach FD)
- 01:01.0 – 3rd PLACE – Chris P., (South Mills FD)
- 01:02.0 – Emerson B. (Lewisville FD)
- 01:06.0 – Hunter M. (Rocky Point FD)
- 01:10.0 – D. K. T. (Warren County Junior Firefighters)
- 01:13.5 – Trent B. (Matthews FD)
- 01:13.7 – Chuck D. (Matthews FD)
- 01:14.0 – Bradley P. (Warren County Junior Firefighters)
- 01:15.0 – Linwood G. (Crawford Twp FD)
- 01:15.0 – Seth M. (Gaston FD)
- 01:17.0 – Elijah T. (New Market FD)
- 01:19.0 – Cameron M. (Gaston FD)
- 01:19.0 – Brandon N. (New Market FD)
- 01:25.0 – Adam B. (Lewisville FD)
- 01:27.0 – Tyler A. (Matthews FD)
- 01:30.0 – Paul P. (Zebulon FD)
- 01:30.0 – R. J. B. (Zebulon FD)
- 01:56.0 – Sam F. (Lewisville FD)
- 02:01.0 – Kaley S. (South Mills FD)
- 02:03.0 – Chance V. (Crawford Twp FD)
- 02:05.0 – Zack B. (Rocky Point FD)
- 02:05.0 – Adam H. (Zebulon FD)
- 02:06.0 – Donna V. (Crawford Twp FD)
- 02:08.0 – Byne? (Rocky Point FD)
- 02:43.0 – Michael T. (Northern Wake FD)
- 02:44.0 – Caleb T. (Northern Wake FD)
- 02:44.0 – Nathan S. (Northern Wake FD)
RISE & SHINE FIELD EVENT (TEAM)
- 01:15.0 – 1st PLACE – West Palm Beach FD
- 01:35.0 – 2nd PLACE – New Market FD Team-1
- 01:39.0 – 3rd PLACE – Gaston FD
- 01:42.0 – Matthews FD
- 01:53.0 – Sharps Chapel FD
- 01:57.0 – Lewisville FD
- 02:06.0 – Crawford Twp FD
- 02:06.5 – Zebulon FD
- 02:08.0 – New Market FD Team-2
- 02:13.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-1
- 02:15.0 – Warren County Junior Firefighters
- 02:21.0 – South Mills FD
- 02:34.5 – Estero FD
- 02:34.5 – Mebane FD
- 02:37.0 – Estero FD
- 02.38.0 – Rocky Point FD
- 02:44.0 – Northern Wake FD
- 03:15.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-2
- 03:53.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-3
PATIENT EXTRICATION FIELD EVENT
- 01:19.0 – 1st PLACE – West Palm Beach FD
- 01:21.0 – 2nd PLACE – Gaston FD
- 01:49.0 – 3rd PLACE – Matthews FD
- 02:24.0 – Mebane FD
- 02:25.0 – Lewisville FD
- 02:32.0 – Estero FD
- 02:32.1 – Warren County Junior Firefighters
- 02:38.0 – South Mills FD
- 02:40.0 – New Market FD Team-2
- 02:58.0 – Crawford Twp FD
- 02:65.0 – Rocky Point FD
- 03:08.0 – Zebulon FD
- 03:20.0 – Sharps Chapel FD
- 03:33.0 – New Market FD Team-1
- 04:00.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-2
- 04:30.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-1
- 04:41.0 – Northern Wake FD
- 05:13.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-3
PITTSBURGH DRILL FIELD EVENT
- 01:06.0 – 1st PLACE – Gaston FD
- 01:10.0 – 2nd PLACE – West Palm Beach FD
- 01:31.0 – 3rd PLACE – Sharps Chapel FD
- 01:41.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-1
- 01:41.6 – Estero FD
- 01:42.0 – Matthews FD
- 01:44.0 – Northern Wake FD
- 01:45.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-2
- 01:50.0 – New Market FD Team-1
- 01:52.0 – Lewisville FD
- 02:00.0 – South Mills FD
- 02:14.0 – Zebulon FD
- 02:15.0 – Rocky Point FD
- 02:32.0 – New Market FD Team-2
- 02:33.0 – Mebane FD
- 02:39.0 – Crawford Twp FD
- 03:01.0 – Warren County Junior Firefighters
- 03:03.0 – Miami-Dade FD Team-3
FLY THE WYE FIELD EVENT
- 01:02 – 1st PLACE – Gaston FD
- 01:06 – 2nd PLACE – Mebane FD
- 01:07 – 3rd PLACE – South Mills FD
- 01:10 – Crawford Twp FD
- 01:11 – Lewisville FD
- 01:12 – Miami-Dade FD Team-2
- 01:13 – Estero FD
- 01:15 – Zebulon FD
- 01:17 – West Palm Beach FD
- 01:19 – New Market FD Team-1
- 01:22 – Miami-Dade FD Team-3
- 01:26 – Matthews FD
- 01:28 – Sharps Chapel FD
- 01:29 – Northern Wake FD
- 01:32 – Rocky Point FD
- 01:34 – New Market FD Team-2
- 01:35 – Warren County Junior Firefighters
- 01:38 – Miami-Dade Team-1
WATER TUG-O-WAR FIELD EVENT
- 1st PLACE – Warren County Junior Firefighters
- 2nd PLACE – West Palm Beach FD
- 3rd PLACE – Estero FD
- Mebane FD
- Gaston FD
- Northern Wake FD
- Matthews FD
- New Market FD Team-1
- Sharps Chapel FD
- Rocky Point FD
- Lewisville FD
- New Market FD Team-2
- Miami-Dade FD Team-3
- South Mills FD
- Crawford Twp FD
- Miami-Dade FD Team-1
- Miami-Dade FD Team-2
- Zebulon FD
CRAZY 8s KNOT TYING EVENT
- 0:30.00 – 1st PLACE – Brandon N. (New Market FD Team-2)
- 0:33.00 – 2nd PLACE – Olivia T. (Matthews FD)
- 0:35.00 – 3rd PLACE – Seth M. (Gaston FD)
- 0:36.00 – Michael B. (Warren County Junior Firefighters)
- 0:36.00 – Haley S. (South Mills FD)
- 0:37.00 – Marcos G. (Miami-Dade FD)
- 0:37.00 – Dylon T. (New Market FD Team-1)
- 0:39.00 – Caitlan S. (Matthews FD)
- 0:40.00 – Austin M. (Miami-Dade FD)
- 0:40.05 – Shane C. (New Market FD Team-1)
- 0:42.00* – Quinn A. (Mebane FD)
- 0:42.00 – Emerson B. (Lewisville FD)
- 0:42.00 – Gavin M. (Mebane FD)
- 0:44.00 – Carmen B. (Gaston FD)
- 0:44.00 – Shelby W. (Estero FD)
- 0:47.00 – Zack B. (Rocky Point FD)
- 0:52.00 – Linwood G. (Crawford Twp FD)
- 0:53.00 – Sarah M. (Miami-Dade FD)
- 0:53.00 – Michael T. (Northern Wake FD)
- 0:58.00* – Bradley P. (Warren County Junior Firefighters)
- 0:58.00 – Bodie F. (South Mills FD)
- 0:58.00 – Ethan S. (West Palm Beach FD)
- 1:01.00* – Miguel F. (West Palm Beach FD)
- 1:01.00 – Blaze C. (Estero FD)
- 1:04.00 – Donna V. (Crawford Twp FD)
- 1:07.00 – Valentina G. (Miami-Dade FD)
- 1:11.00 – Ethan M. (Sharps Chapel FD)
- 1:11.00 – Justin P. (Zebulon FD)
- 1:12.00 – Jesse M. (New Market FD Team-2)
- 1:24.00 – Lindsey V. (Sharps Chapel FD)
- 1:43.00 – Matthew M. (Lewisville FD)
- 1:45.00 – Hunter M. (Rocky Point FD)
- 1:46.00 – Paul P. (Zebulon FD)
- 2:00.00 – Francisco B. (Northern Wake FD)
WRITTEN KNOWLEDGE-BASED TESTING
- 1st PLACE – Chuck D. (Matthews FD)
- 2nd PLACE – Justin P. (Zebulon FD)
- 3rd PLACE – Donna V. (Crawford Twp FD)
VERBAL KNOWLEDGE-BASED TESTING
- 1st PLACE – Matthew B. (Warren County Junior Firefighters)
- 2nd PLACE – Tyler A. (Matthews FD)
- 3rd PLACE – Spencer C. (Northern Wake FD)
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Warren County Junior Firefighter Competition 2018.