| If you say the word "dynasty" in Brampton, Ontario, everyone knows you're not talking about sports teams, you're talking about the hottest fire department in the world - Brampton Fire and Emergency Services. The Brampton Team has been dominating the most grueling firefighting competition in the world.
They earned dynasty status when they returned home last November from the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in Las Vegas with their second championship in two years and third in four years (an injury held them to second place in 1997). Their red-hot performance not only extinguished the competition but blew six seconds off the world record.
Competing on the obstacle course against more than 100 teams and 700 of the best firefighters on the planet, the Brampton crew attributes their phenomenal success to experience, teamwork and dogged determination.
"We just put our heads down and don't worry about the others," team captain Peter Reid is quoted as saying in the January edition of the Canadian Firefighter and EMS quarterly.
The 1999 Brampton "A" Team also included coach Doug Comeau, Scott Hewlett, Brent Hastings (who placed third overall), Dan Rowland and Mark Evans (who placed second in the Over Forty Division). It's also worth noting that five of the top seven winning teams were Canadian.
And of course the top firefighters in the world rely on the top fire apparatus in the world: Superior / E-One. Their fleet includes four aerials and four pumpers on Hurricane chassis and three pumper/rescues on Cyclone chassis. The team at Superior Emergency Vehicles congratulates another #1 team: the Brampton Fire and Emergency Services.
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1999 World Champions at a ceremony at Brampton City Hall, in their honour.
L to R: Brampton Mayor Peter Robertson, Coach Doug Comeau, Team Members Peter Reid, Mark Evans, Brent Hastings, Scott Hewlett and Dan Rowland, Commissioner of Community Services Bob Cranch.
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