On Thursday, March 5, 2009, Portland Local 740 members received
Senate recognition for their first place finish in the "Race Up Boston
Place" competition. The 9-member team was among 600 participants from 25
departments in the fund raiser for the American Lung Association. The
team climbed 83 flights of stairs in full gear with a time of 46
minutes and 7 seconds.
Senator Justin Alfond of Portland sponsored the Legislative
Sentiment and spoke on the floor of the Senate about the
accomplishment of the team.
On hand to receive the proclamation were, from left, Senator Alfond,
FF John Hardy, Lt. Mike Nixon, FF Lenny Tracey, and FF James Westburg.
Other team members who climbed included FF Ryan Thomson, FF John
Brennan, FF Ryan Walsh, Captain Keith Gautreau, and FF Jason Perry of
South Portland Local 1476.
The Professional Fire Fighters of Maine would like to extend
their congratulations to the entire team for the great effort towards
a worthy cause. Well done brothers.
Our brother firefighters from local 740 went down to capture the trophy from last years winning team Beverly.
We came, we saw, we climbed - to an outstanding 1st place victory out of 25 fire departments through out the New England area.
The climbers and there times are as follows:
Ryan thomson 8min 10sec
Lenny Tracy 8min 35sec
James westburg 9min 22sec
John Hardy 9min 52sec
John Brennan 10min 49 sec
Mike Nixon 11min 29sec
Ryan Walsh 11min 31sec
Keith Gautreau 11min 47sec
and Jason Perry of South Portland 16min 59sec
$2,866.00 Total Donation to the American Lung Association
Stair Climbers receive recognition from City Hall
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