The team will be taking the next few weeks for some much needed R&R.  Then we will start training for the "Trek to the Top".  That is the 40 story stair race up the First National tower on February 21st.  The team will do this in full gear on air.  Watch for more updates on the training.


Thanks again to 2 Fine Irishmen and everyone that came out for the team party. 

The channel 7 news story is up on the video link page.... Once again Healey was a camera hog taking up all the media coverage....

Just a reminder we will be having a team party at Two Fine Irishmen bar and grill on Tuesday the 25th at 7pm.  Friends and family are welcome to come by and celebrate with us...

Channel 7 Omaha was out and did a story on us this morning and it should be on the news tonight either at 5:30 or 10:00.  I will get a link up on the site as soon as I can.

Sounds like the firefighter combat challenge will be having a four episode showing on the Versus network in January.  Each episode will show twice and here is the schedule as of now:

Ep. 1 – 1 /3 at 3:00pm
Ep. 1 – 1/5 at 4:30pm

Ep. 2 – 1/10 at 3:00pm
Ep. 2 – 1/12 at 4:30pm

Ep. 3 – 1/17 at 3:00pm
Ep. 3 – 1/19 at 4:30 pm

Ep. 4 – 1/24 at 3:00pm
Ep. 4 – 1/26 at 4:30 pm

I will put up more info as we get it...

Nate

New videos are up on Youtube and are linked on the video page of our website....

For this post I am going to try and acknowledge all of those that gave their support this year to help allow our team to move up the rankings to number five in the world.  This post might be long but probably not long enough to cover everyone who helped us.

My first thank you has to go to my team members.  Anyone who has trained with me knows it is no picnic, and these guys took it and came back for more.  Now there was some cussing, I think Kimnach cried some, Woolery nearly died dragging the dummy, Cale finally pushed till he puked, and although he never said it out loud Healey mentally swore at me more than once while I “motivated” him….

Next the women behind the men… I will start with my wife Jen, who was a constant supporter even through the hundred bad times.  Next Cale’s wife Andrea a.k.a. “Camera Girl” a.k.a. “Lady Woolery”, not only did she make the trip to Vegas but ran the camera the whole time.  Now she wasn’t the only one to make the trip, Woolery’s girlfriend Mandy and Marc’s wife Denise came out to support.  Luckily the three of them looked good enough to get us into a sold out Vegas club on Saturday night.  Finally from home Healey’s wife Debbie had the hardest job of all, single handedly watching their three kids while John went out to Vegas.  Thank all of you Ladies.

Family and Friends also provided support out in Vegas.  Woolery’s Mom and Stepdad were great supporters all week.  Kimnach’s parents, brother and sister in-law made the trip.  And there was a great surprise visit from my best friend Travis, his wife Lily and my goddaughter Cara.  Also support from the two other Omaha teams out there was great and much appreciated.

Now for the support from back home.  Lets start by thanking the members of Local 385 for covering all the trades needed for different competitions.  Those with special thanks for the last minute trades for Vegas are Chief Forehead, Lance Arp, Troy Vanacek, Rob Fox, Mike York, Steve Orduna, and Mark Johnson.  Next thank you to the union officers, especially President Darren Bates and Vice President Frank Corcoran.  They supported all year and really came through in the last moments to help arrange for the time needed for the team’s trip.  Omaha Fire management stepped up this year and Chief McDonnell and his staff made tons of allowances to help promote fitness through supporting the challenge.

Finally thank you to the financial supporters of the team.  These local businesses helped take the burden off the team and made the travel to competitions possible.  Thank you Leafproof, Two Fine Irishmen, Nebraska Academy of Martial Arts, West Omaha Chiropractic, US Data, Silver Ridge, and Photo Omaha

Team Local 385/Omaha Fire is back from World Finals in Las Vegas.  Firefighters from all over the world took over downtown Las Vegas for a grueling week of competition.  Teams came from all over the US and Canada and as far away as Germany and New Zealand.  The first three days were the preliminaries and teams fought for one of the 18 spots in the finals on Friday night.  Then Friday night in front of thousands of spectators Local 385/Omaha Fire came through big by taking 5^th place in the world.

On top of the great team accomplishment there were many individual victories with Cale Good, John Woolery and John Healey all setting new personal records.  In addition Marc Kimnach reached his goal of being in the top 10 in the over 40 division by taking 8^th place.

Within the next week or two I will get pictures, videos and more stories from the trip updated on the site.  Also the competition will air on the Versus network in January and I will pass those dates along as soon as we get them.