Newton Fire/EMS hosted the fireman's games on Sunday. Duane's shift had a team in as well as another Newton shift and several of the area volunteer departments.
They had a firetruck pull in which the team had to pull one of the firetrucks a certain distance for the best time. Then there was the hose roll race, which is a sort of relay where they unroll some sections of hose, couple them together, turn on the water and hit a target with the stream. (Two of the teams didn't get their hose coupled completely, so when the water came on some of the spectators got quite a soaking!) Finally, there is the barrel. It is a sort of tug of war. Two teams face off and must shoot a keg, suspended from a cable, with water and push it to the other teams side. They play it in a bracket format until one teams wins the event.
It is hard to describe the barrel event, especially if you have never seen it done. Hopefully this picture will help make it more clear.
Newton C shift (Duane's team!) managed to bring home first prize this year! B shift took second. It was fun to watch and now they've got bragging rights until next year.
The victors enjoy their prize.
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