![]() ![]() “It would take up to two to three days to dry completely to put it back in service,” Bruggeman said. Bruggeman said a normal dryer will degrade the gear’s material over time, and for years air drying was the only option.Ī clothes-line stretched across the bay inside the fire station on East Main Street was the old way to air dry the washed gear. Drying the heavy material that protects men and women from heat and flames is a challenge. The Firefighter Cancer Registry Act calls for a collection of career professionals or volunteers to provide information such as number of years on the job, number of calls responded to, and incident type.īruggeman said the problem issn’t washing the gear. Posted by Xenia Professional Firefighters Local 698 on Monday, October 21, 2019 He admits he's slowing down as he gets older.Local 698 members working hard to keep each other safe! Maybe I was trying to find an excuse not to do it, but I'm like, you know what? It's now or never," he said.ĭ'Arcy is 34 years old. "I think I might have been in my own head a little bit. I'm going to treat it as something to maybe educate me maybe a little bit on how to approach this in the future if I ever decide to do it again."įor the past few months, D'Arcy had been struggling with whether to make this world record attempt or not. "I had to revert to getting it done because the real disappointment would be if I didn't cross the finish line at all, so I'm not really treating it as a failure. He finished that marathon in five hours, 25 minutes and three seconds, well off the world record of three hours, 41 minutes and 10 seconds.ĭ'Arcy was asked if, in light of Sunday's result he still wants to try to break that record. He gave it a shot back in 2016 during the Calgary Marathon. "I'm not moving as quick as I used to, but I'm in recovery mode now at this point."ĭ'Arcy's dream has been to beat the Guinness World Record for running a full marathon in full firefighter gear. They wanted details on how they could donate and whatnot."ĭ'Arcy went to work Monday and was still suffering from Sunday's efforts. "There were a lot of people curious as to why I was doing what I was doing so I had a few people approach me out on the course. The goal to raise funds during Sunday's half marathon was realized to some extent. He's an organizer of the annual Terry Fox Run fundraiser in Olds. "I was pretty happy to get my gear off and cool down a bit."ĭ'Arcy entered the race partly to set the record, but also to raise money in support of the Terry Fox Foundation to eradicate cancer. The jacket and pants also made him sweat. He alternately ran and walked the course. After that, the goal became simply finishing the race. ![]() However, he ended up completing it in a little over three hours and 50 minutes.ĭ'Arcy said the difficulties he faced - especially the breathing issues - cropped up at about the nine-kilometre mark. So in consultation with Guinness officials, he set a target of three and a half hours to complete it. It was one event during the Servus Edmonton Marathon.ĭ'Arcy says up until now, there's been no official Guinness World Record for doing a half marathon in full firefighter gear. He got pretty hot in the jacket and pants as well.Ī half marathon is 21.1 kilometres. In total, all that gear weighed close to 50 pounds.ĭifficulty breathing via the air tank, sore shoulders from the weight of all the gear and chafing - primarily in his feet from the firefighter boots - proved to be too much. That included jacket, boots, helmet, air tank and breathing through an apparatus that supplies dry, compressed air. 18, but in the end, he was unable to break a Guinness World Record for running a half marathon in Edmonton in full firefighter gear. ![]() Olds firefighter Noel D’Arcy gave it his best shot on Sunday, Aug. ![]()
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