Fire Muster Competition rules

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MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. --  Malmstrom's Fire Department is looking for members of Team Malmstrom to compete in this year's Fire Muster competition on Oct. 14. Teams should consist of four members and may be all female, all male or a combination of both; however, teams with at least one female will be afforded a 10 second advantage.

Each player should be designated a number - 1, 2, 3 or 4 - and will be required to wear helmets and gloves (exception - player 1 will be required to wear all gear). The players will be assigned to a station based on their number.

Below are the nine stations each team will have to complete:

     1. STATION ONE: Midnight alarm - Player 1 will start by laying down on a cot. When the alarm sounds, player 1 will get up; walk/run 25 feet; put on boots, pants, coat, helmet and gloves, and then proceed to tag player 2 waiting at station two.

     2. STATION TWO: Hotel pack carry - Player 2 will pick up hotel pack and run/walk 100 feet weaving through cones. Player 2 will then place hotel pack in designated area and tag player 3 waiting at station three.

     3. STATION THREE: Kaiser sled - Player 3 will use sledge hammer to move Kaiser sled back 5 feet. Once sled reaches 5-foot mark, they will tag player 4 waiting at station four.

     4. STATION FOUR: Sled pull - Player 4 will pull sled loaded with a pre-rolled donut roll 25 feet. Once sled passes 25-foot mark, he/she will tag the player 1 waiting at station five.

     5. STATION FIVE: Charged hose drag with shooting water at target - Player 1 will drag charged hose 75 feet. After reaching the 75-foot mark, he/she will spray water at designated target. After hitting the target player 1 must turn off water, lay hose down and help players 2 and 4 at station six.

     6. STATION SIX: Bucket brigade - Players 1, 2 and 4 will use buckets to scoop water from the portable tank and throw it on the "roof" of a pre-set building. Once water runs off roof and fills a barrel below it, one player must tag player 3 at station seven.

     7. STATION SEVEN: Dummy drag - Player 3 will drag a dummy 50 feet, place dummy down and tag player 4 waiting at station eight.

     8. STATION EIGHT: Hose roll - Player 4 will roll up a 50-foot section of 1 ¼-inch line and place on a table then tag player 1 waiting at station nine.

     9. STATION NINE: Back to bed - Player 1 will have to remove gloves, helmet, coat, pants and boots; run/walk 25 feet back to cot. Once he/she is fully laying down on the cot, the time will stop.

Anyone interested in registering a team should contact the Fire Department, at 731-4100, no later than 8 a.m. the day of the competition. Teams registered will be required to check in by 9 a.m. as a competition demonstration will begin at 10 a.m.