DATE OF INCIDENT: 3/7/2011
INCIDENT TYPE: Information
INCIDENT ADDRESS: 44 W Riverside
CITY: Spokane
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99201
NARRATIVE: Yesterday, off-duty members of the Spokane Fire Department competed in the annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle. The department fielded a team of 47 firefighters in one of the world's largest individual firefighter competitions, which benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
This year, approximately 1300 firefighters from around the world climbed the 69 flights of stairs and 1,311 steps of the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle to raise funds for blood cancers research. The Spokane City Fire Department raised $23,534.85 this year, nearly double what the team raised in 2010. Last year's event raised more than $780,000 in total and donations are still being accepted for this year. Log onto: www.firefighterstairclimb.org, click on the "Donate Now" icon, enter the team name: Spokane, and click on the "Make a Gift" link.
Many area firefighters excelled at the event, with several placing in the top 30 including Paul Kimball and Mark Knokey of Spokane Valley, Steven Harms of Spokane County Fire District #9 and Jason Keen and Eric Ross of Spokane City. Race results can be found at http://www.llswa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FF_results
PROBABLE CAUSE: N/A
DAMAGE EXTENT: N/A
DOLLAR LOSS:
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE:
MUTUAL AID: None Given
For more information on this release, please call (509)625-7002 and/or check out the SFD Blog at www.spokanefire.blogspot.com
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