SLS 21RS-3323 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 214
BY SENATOR WARD
COMMENDATIONS. Commends members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department for
winning the 2021 Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge, the toughest firefighter
competition in the United States.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend and congratulate members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department for winning
3 the 2021 Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge.
4 WHEREAS, the Baton Rouge Fire Department was started in 1825 under the name
5 Baton Rouge Bucket Company; and
6 WHEREAS, Baton Rouge Fire Department was the first fire department in the nation
7 to achieve a Class 1 rating and the only fire department to have this rating for over forty
8 years; and
9 WHEREAS, the Baton Rouge Fire Department participated in the Pensacola Beach
10 Firefighters Challenge on April 23rd through April 24th; and
11 WHEREAS, the Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge is the toughest firefighter
12 competition in the United States and teams from all over the region are tested for firefighter
13 skills, strength, stamina, and agility; and
14 WHEREAS, in the challenge, firefighters compete for the best times, in the sand, in
15 several obstacles including forced entry, charged hose pull, kaiser sled, dummy drag, and
16 hose hoist; and
17 WHEREAS, during the challenge individuals compete while in full gear including
18 boots, gloves, air packs, helmets, and mask; and
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1 WHEREAS, Shane Hernandez, Caleb Dixon, Haiden Goodwin, Jake Morgan,
2 Hayden Bell, and Miles Greenblatt with the Baton Rouge Fire Department placed first in
3 2021 Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge team competition with a time of 1:05:02, a
4 new course record; and
5 WHEREAS, this marks the second championship for the Baton Rouge Fire
6 Department after winning the 2018 Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge.
7 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
8 does hereby commend and congratulate team members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department
9 for winning the 2021 Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to each
11 member of the Baton Rouge Fire Department, who participated in the 2021 Pensacola Beach
12 Firefighters Challenge.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Xavier I. Alexander.
DIGEST
SR 214 Original 2021 Regular Session Ward
Commends members of the Baton Rouge Fire Department for winning the 2021 Pensacola
Beach Firefighters Challenge.
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