The Firefit Challenge – also known as the toughest two minutes in sport – is an obstacle course containing firefighting tasks like running up a staircase in full firefighting gear, hoisting a fire hose and dragging a dummy to safety.

The Firefit Challenge is only one part of the Kingston Fire & Rescue Community Day:

Experience what it is like to put out a car fire, ride a fire truck or take the Firefit Challenge at Kingston Fire & Rescue’s Community Day for the United Way.

Date/Time:

Saturday, September 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location Information:

Regional Training Centre

3 Terry Fox Drive (just south of Highway 401 at Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard).

For a $10 donation to the United Way of KFL&A ($20 for the family), you can enjoy all the day’s activities, including meeting Sparky. Kingston Fire & Rescue will be holding a barbecue and a food truck will also be on site.

Here’s what’s going on:

• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • o Put out a car fire
  • o Tours of the training tower
  • o Antique Fire Truck Display
  • o Sparky and truck photos
  • o Junior Fire Challenge (kids)
  • o BBQ and Smokin Carnivore Food Truck
  • 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Drive in a fire truck
  • 11 a.m. – Firefit Challenge demonstration
  • 11:30 a.m. – Corporate Firefit Challenge – the toughest two minutes in sport!
  • 1 p.m. – Burn cell demonstration (sprinklered vs. unsprinklered)
  • 1:30 p.m. – Participate in the Firefit Challenge

Donations will benefit the 75,000 Kingstonians who use a United Way-funded agency.

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