Klein Fire Department held its Annual Pumper Race and family picnic at Klein High School on September 28^th.  This year’s motto was “United As One”, in remembrance of the events of 9/11.      The Annual Iron Man Competition drew nine members from the department that competed and put their skills to the test.  The Iron Man Competition is an individual timed event that challenges each competitor to an obstacle course utilizing their fire fighting skills and determination.  John Busby was awarded the Iron Man T-Shirt as the winner of the competition.  Each competitor in the Iron Man competition will be presented with a T-Shirt imprinted with “I survived Iron Man 2002“.

Each station has a chance to compete in five events, which included the blindfold shoot, hose rolling, a bucket brigade, teamwork event and a sled race.   The events are timed and points were awarded at the end of the day and awards were presented to the stations during the Departments General Business Meeting in October.  Station 31 held on to first place again this year in the overall results with Station 33 in 2^nd place and Station 37 in 3^rd place.   Awards were also presented to the station for winning places 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place in each of the five events.

This annual event is held each year to allow our members and their families to relax and have fun during the races but also allows them to show off their skills and have a little friendly competition between the stations.  There was plenty of food and drinks for all and the weather was great and a few who attended did end up wet by the end of the day from events.  The kids that attended had a great time playing with giveaway and having water fights.

A special thanks to the 1960 Sun Newspaper for covering the event and the article placed in the newspaper.  A thank you also goes out to all that work hard to plan the event and insured it went off without a hitch.  We all look forward to the 2003 event.