Wrapping up the Year: A Potpourri of Interesting Stuff

A couple of whimsical, quirky things to share:

For those of you who are into food science- and more specifically, counting calories:

http://youtu.be/hE2lna5Wxuo

The thermometer plummeted overnight. So, getting ready to ride is not unlike preparing for skiing. I went “heavy” on the foot protection this winter. Check out the neoprene socks:

www.SealSkinz.com

And, if you’re interested in what residents of your state have to say in one sarcastic sentence:

http://news.distractify.com/beth-buczynski/sarcastic-state-mottos/

In one of our most under-viewed, (34+K views) under-appreciated, but truly classic YouTube posting, watch again (or for the first time) the Proposal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24K1QUgcpVY

Happy New Year!




 

World Records: Past, Present and Future

The soon-to-be delivered World Record Holder Patch

Since our inception in 1991, we’ve attempted to provide recognition to those athletes who have distinguished themselves through hard training and performance on the course.

Like many sports, we’ve created pigeon holes for age and sex, as well as the addition of a category for chief officers.

Regrettably, we’ve not maintained an archive since our inception of all the records and subordinate categories. Perhaps with your help, we can reach out to those record holders and retrospectively provide them with a token of our respect and appreciation. The patch that you see illustrated in this BlogSpot has been ordered and will be sent to all our Challenge athletes of record. If you were entitled to be so recognized, just contact our office and we’ll ensure that you likewise will be sent a package: a patch and a certificate suitable for framing.

Below are the listings of the World Records that were established at WCXXIII. We’ll be updating the record page on the website with the data in preparation for the 2015 Season launch.

This Week at Combat Central

In April of this year we passed our 400th FCC Event
at the FDIC in Indianapolis, IN

Our after action activities continue unabated, with the following tasks yet to be completed before focusing on what's a head for 2015.
 • The enormous archive of video from Phoenix- to be edited, logged and uploaded on Vimeo
 • State and Provincial Champions identified and certificates generated
 • The trove of over 100,000 photos to be reviewed and posted to our Flickr account
 • Finalist Flags sorted for distribution
 • Certificates of Participation for all of 2104 Competitors
 • World Record Holder Certificates and Patches prepared for shipping

And, a new program that we will kick off after these tasks are complete: Letters of Recognition to be sent to a fire chief, mayor, city manager or any designee of your choosing. Details of this program will be forthcoming in a future Blog.

It's Official: World Challenge XXIV- October 2015

You, my loyal BlogSpot readers are the very first to know: We're going to Montgomery Alabama the week of October 19, wrapping up on Saturday, the 25.

You heard it here first, from the only person authorized to speak on behalf the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge® on the one and official website of the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge®.

There will be tons of details to follow.

Lion’s Den Class of 2104

Class of 2014 Lion’s Den Inductees, Phoenix (Hard Rock Café) World Challenge XXIII

Welcome, welcome all. Typically, well over half of our inductees make the cut at the World Challenge. Here’s the list of those who made it this year: 2014 (through the US Nationals). Those who met the criteria during WCXXII will be inducted next year.

Congratulations!

Justin Anderson
Zbigniew Banasiak
Jason Barker
Adrian Bent
Richard Burke
Jay Carter
Lance Conroy
Mike Cook
Jeremy Devitt
Carl Dickerson
Jean-Francois Doucet
Danny Folino
Mandy Gould
Darrick Graff
Anze Habjan
David Hashem
Tyler Hodges
Neil Hubley
Richard Hynes
Edward Jackman
Sean Jackman
Andrew Kencis
Ed Keuning
Radoslaw Komorek
Ruth Lancashire
Bruce Lewis
Tim Lisecky
Olov Ludwig
Wayne Maw
Richard Menard
Travis Nichols
Muriel Omnes
Brad Potter
Tom Rohrbach
Sean Romanek
Jamie Shingleton
David Spratt
Gregor Stanonik
Eric Studerus
Ben Suranko
Todd Vannatter
Andrew Verhoeven
Meghan White
Danny Young

High Rise Hijinks

Photos courtesy of Jeff Leonard ©2014

 For the past couple of years we’ve been using the same highrise pack- and it shows. We’ve had some constructive criticism from our sponsors about the beatup condition- and we agreed.

The problem is that our current sponsor does not make a hose in the old diameter.

Jeff Leonard to the Rescue
Jeff sent me these photos of his practice pack and clearly, this is the solution.

And, for everyone to plainly see, he’s even included the dimensions.

The bundle is secured with a True North velcro’d cover- which we sell in our store.

5” hose is 8” when not charged

The great benefit is that it’s rubber coated, something that I’ve been wanting to do since we had the tropical storm back in 1999 in Kissimmee. About 4 pounds of water was absorbed by the fabric covered hose, evoking, as you can imagine, a lot of complaints.

When the next season kicks off, hopefully, we’ll have created a more flexible, durable and water-proofed version of the high-rise pack.

Our apologies to everyone who took offense to the suggested audible at the line of scrimmage for introducing a brand new set of high rise packs.

While Jeff’s high-rise pack looks like it’s been through a few workers, (and maybe it has), we’ll use Spray-Nine and a stiff brush to attempt to keep the props looking good for all the photo ops. We’d like the pack to last for years.

The bundle is just 2” shy of 4 feet.

The stacked height is between 5 and 6 inches

Fire hose is very expensive. However, if there is a demand for pre-fabricated hose packs, we’ll see what we can do by creating an inventory item for sale either from our website or the Combat Wear Zone.

More on Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge Media

The Montgomery Fire Rescue Relay Team with World Record Plaque: Photo by Darrin Banfield

In the first step of the daunting task of processing the considerable archive of still and video content, we’ve posted the last race of Season 2014: Whiteman AFB vs. Montgomery (AL).

The intent is to organize all of the data in such a way that Competitors can quickly find their runs. This content will be posted to Vimeo. The stills will be added to our Flickr account that is accessible through our www.FFCC.TV account.

Here’s the link to the race. http://vimeo.com/user1899214/review/111878418/9bf59ad4ee