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F ir e f ig h t e r s t o c o m p e t e in m u s t e r
As many as 2.000 persons could
co m p ete in the Sandy F ire
D is tric t's F ly -In M uster th is
weekend, Aug 15-16, at the Country
Squire Airpark, organizers say.
The muster w ill pit teams from
up to 60 West Coast fire depart
ments in races testing firefighting
s k ills and e q u ip m e n t fro m
yesteryear, they say.
The event is scheduled from 10
a m to about 5 p m Saturday and
Sunday at the a ir park, 2.5 miles
south of Sandy on Bomstedt Hoad
Spec tators w ill be admitted free of
charge
It includes competition for men.
women and teen-agers, conces
sions, a dance and beer garden.
Drawing teams from California,
Washington and Oregon. Sandy's
muster promises to be the state’s
b ig g e st, said Chuck Hanson.
Sandy's assistant fire chief One of
the* attractions is that points earned
at Sandy w ill add to totals for state
ch a m p io n sh ip s in Oregon or
Washington, he explained
About 2,00(1 persons attended the
last muster hosted by Sandy in 1984.
said Co-Chair Chuck Chaffin Up to
30 teams were entered then
“ We would really like to see more
residents there I think they would
enjoy it." Chaffin said
The public can see firefighters
and their fam ilies compete in
events such as “ motorized hose
wagon,” “ m otorized p u m p e r."
"b u c k e t
b r ig a d e s ,”
"h o s e
coupling," “ hose drags," steam
engine operation and hand pump
ing.
Sandy's men's and women's
teams are defending state titles in
the motorized pumper for 1940s-era
engines.
A Portland Fire Bureau steam
engine from the 1880s is worth just
coming out to see," said Chaffin,
president of the Sandy volunteer
firefighters It is valued at between
$70,000 to $100,000, Hanson said.
The latest model fire fig h tin g
vehicle there w ill date from the
1960s. S andy’s is a 1940 model
Contests are categorized by the
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Thr Sand) Fire D rpartm rnt's muster teams will defend state titles this weekend aboard their repainted
1940 engine. Members include (front, from left) Go-Captain Donna Wilson at the wheel, Margaret
Grass), Mavis Yeager, Daner Grappa, Patty Olson, Suzi Blaisdell, (middle) Gary McQueen, Steve
Olson. Scott Grappa, and (back) Co-Captain Steve Wilson, Mike Murray and Art Blaisdell.
In the motorized hose wagon,
contestants lay out a line and at
tach a nozzle.
In the bucket bngade, team
members pass a bucket 20 feet and
fill it with water
The steam engine and hand
pumper events require contestants
to draw water and spray it for
distance, or to spray down a target
150 feet away.
Teen-agers may compete in
coupling and dragging hoses
The muster teaches teamwork, a
crucial skill in any era, but “ tests
only a little bit of the skills we use
now," Hanson said.
Seventy trophies w ill be award
ed.
C alling it a fa m ily -o rie n te d
event, Hanson said, “ The competi
tion goes on during the day and the
sharing the rest of the tim e " Many
contestants camp at the muster
ages of the vehicles. Hanson said
“ A ll the stuff we use at our events
are antiques,” Chaffin said
The muster involves teams of
five or six fire fig h te rs , both
volunteer and career Men and
women compete in the same
categories but separate events
In the motorized pumper event,
teams race to hook a hose to a
hydrant, drive up to 150 feet, attach
the hydrant line to the engine, take
another line and put on a nozzle to
hose down a target
Contestants from Sandy include
team Captains Donna and Steve
W ilson, M arga re t and M a rtin
Grassl, Suzi and A rt Blaisdell, Pat
ty and Steve Olson. Nancy and Huss
Ridgeway, Scott Howland, Nici
Dubois, Gary McQueen, Dannee
and Scott Crappa, Matt Ligatich,
Mavis Yeager, Mike M urray and
Pat Beckman.
site.
Following competition Saturday
is an adults-only dance at 8 p m
featuring the Picture This band
Picture This plays a variety of
m usic. Two m em bers. B ria n
H a d le y, g u ita ris t, and M a rk
Hadley, drum m er, hail from San
dy
Civic groups from Sandy w ill sell
concessions, hats and T-shirts, and
professionals who run the Portland
Hose Festival's beer garden w ill
cater the Sandy Fire Muster's ver
sion.
The muster is well-received by
the Sandy area. Hanson said, poin
ting out that 125 businesses pur
chased advertisements in the pro
gram and the Clackamas County
Bank donated $500 for the pro
grams themselves.
The muster's official sponsor,
Hamms Beer, gave $2,000
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