Tucson Fire Truck Pull
May 19, 2010
What do you get when you have a 15 ton fire truck, 40 feet of thee inch diameter rope, 75 feet of open road and nearly 50 ADC men and women? An opportunity to raise money for the Law Enforcement Torch Run.
On April 22, ASPC-Tucson hosted a Fire Truck Pull for the LETR. Five teams, four from Tucson and one from ASPC-Eyman, came together to see how fast they could pull a 30,000 pound Fire truck over 75 feet of Road. The teams were made up of men and women from Rincon Unit Swing Shift, Minors Unit, Eyman TSU, Santa Rita Unit and Rincon Day Shift.
Even though it was officially spring in Arizona, the weather refused to cooperate, so a number of the pulls were done in a chilling rain. Despite the temperature falling into the low 40s, the five teams showed indomitable spirit and all completed the 75 pull, but only one team could win and that was the Santa Rita team, who pulled their truck across the line just about two seconds faster than anyone else.
The coordinators of the event, AS I Schlotterer, CO III Brookhard, CO II Hause, AA III Hallahan and ASI Gillen want to thank Tucson Fire Captains Ray Dashiell and Martin Green for volunteering their time and their fire truck to a worthy cause.
The participants of the Tucson Fire Truck Pull
Rincon Swing Shift team - CO II Thornhill, CO II Chiravallo, Sgt. Dingman, CO II Carrasco, CO II King, CO II W. Barns, CO II Morton, CO II Savoie, CO II D. Hamm and CO II Lindsey
The Rincon Swing Shift team makes their pull
Minors Unit team - CO II Othon, COII V. Hoffsmith, CO II R. Romero, CO II Morman, CO II Kesterson, Sgt. Kelch, Steven Utter, Chaplain Steve Young
The Minors Unit team takes their turn on the ropes
Eyman TSU team – CO II Gonzalez, CO II Hansen, CO II Masterson, CO II Venador, CO II Rice, CO II Jackson, CO II Goodsen, CO II Barnett, CO II Padilla and CO II Frisby
The Eyman TSU team gives it their all
Santa Rita Team – CO II Teran, CO II Shoppenhorst, CO II Copp, COII Rascon, CO II Martinez, CO II Ramano, Captain Morman, COII Russo, COII Silvas
The Santa Rita team makes quick work of their pull
Rincon Day Shift team - CO II Saxton, CO II Yubeta, CO II Arriola, CO II Suarez, CO II Hause, CO II Pascua, CO II Hamm, CO II Hall, CO II Kadari, CO II Tang
The Rincon Day Shift team had to deal with a bone chilling rain during their pull
The winners.... The Santa Rita team pulled their truck across the line just about two seconds faster than any other team
Coordinators and Firemen who ran the event - Tucson Fire Captain Ray Dashiell, AS I Schlotterer, CO III Brookhart, CO II Hause, AA III Hallahan, ASI Gillen and Tucson Fire Captain Martin Green
Nothing builds up an appetite like pulling fire trucks around, so the event coordinators made sure there were plenty of grilled burgers, hot dogs, chips, cookies and drinks on hand
The participants of the Tucson Fire Truck Pull
Barrett Marson, Media Relations Administrator
