2018 Best All-Around Team!

Congratulations to the 2018 Best All-Around Team:
​Gaston FD Junior Firefighters from Gaston (Northampton Co.), NC!  Good job, Brothers!

2018 Sponsors & Vendors

2018 Competition Participants

The Warren County Junior Firefighters | Fire Explorer Post 672 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
  *First-time attendees

2018 Awards

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 The following Awards were presented on Saturday, April 28, 2018: 
 
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.   
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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)
*Time includes penalty
 
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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