Fight for Air Climb 2010

Firefighters from the North Shore Fire Department participated in the 2010 Fight for Air Climb on March 20 th and took second place out of 19 teams in our Firefighter Challenge with an average team time of 10:37. Only West Allis FD was faster, and only by less than one minute. The Fight for Air Climb was held at the US Bank building in downtown Milwaukee. Firefighters climbed 1034 steps in FULL GEAR to raise funds to support the American Lung Association mission of saving lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. Nineteen firefighter teams from around the state participated in this year’s Firefighter Challenge. NSFD raised a total of $765 to fight lung disease. The Presenting Sponsor was Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

NSFD team members included:

Timothy Keller, Jenna Ladowski, Eero Wasserman, Mark Hoffman, Cal Chapman, Jeremy Boehlke.

Their times are listed below:

HEO Tim Keller 9:19 #2
FF Eero Wasserman 10:18 #9
FF Jeremy Boehlke 10:47 #21
FF Cal Chapman 10:47 #22
FF Jenna Ladowski 11:52 #41
HEO Mark Hoffman 12:14 #49

August 2009: North Shore Fire explorer post competed in the first annual Explorer Combat Challenge.  Members that competed are Jeff Nielson, Jim Schroeder, Brandon Czarnecki, Andrew Allen, Mario Giacobassi, and Justin McMenimin.  These individuals took first and second place in the team relay and first in the department competition.  Congrats and Good Job!!

Shorewood National Night Out was held in August on the Atwater School grounds.

Brown Deer National Night Out was held on 7/29/09 at the Brown Deer Village Hall grounds.

MOCK EXTRICATION
APRIL 15, 2009

On April 15th the North Shore Fire Department participated in and helped coordinate a Pre-Prom mock crash scenario at University School in River Hills. It was a large, complex undertaking involving multiple fire, law enforcement and EMS agencies responding to, extricating, treating and transporting multiple patients from a simulated two car head on crash. Flight For Life removed a critically injured patient and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office removed a deceased victim. This event was sponsored by Froedtert Hospital's Emergency Preparedness and Injury Prevention department and University School. The event lasted all day focusing on the consequences of alcohol consumption, ranging from injury and death to prison terms for the youthful intoxicated driver.

STAIR CLIMB
FEB 14, 2009

This year's US Bank stair climb event was a fund raiser for the American Lung Association with proceeds going toward researching the effects of respiratory diseases on Firefighters.

Six NSFD Firefighters climbed 45 floors with an average time of 13:11. Our team took 3rd place overall. This year's participants were Lt. Carlson, Lt. Busalacchi, Lt. Cofta, Lt. Wisniewski, Firefighter Keller and Firefighter Jones.

Ironman Wisconsin

Our own Firefighter Charles Baldarotta competed in the Ironman Triathlon on September 9th in Madison. This event consisted of:

swim 2.4 miles
bike 112 miles
run 26.2 miles

The following department members competed in the Firefighter Combat Challenge:  Firefighter Tim Keller, Lieutenant Toby Carlson, Heavy Equipment Operator Arlen Spicer, Firefighter Peter Ziegelbauer, Firefighter Dan Muller, Firefighter Chad Semrow, Lieutenant Greg Sikora, Firefighter Joshua Dibb, Lieutenant Brian Wisniewski, Lieutenant Steven Tucker, Heavy Equipment Operator Steven Tippel, Lieutenant Scott Gonwa, Heavy Equipment Operator Chris Kadow and Firefighter Andy Ashley.