Firefighters prep for cancer event

Elsa Guillen and Hank Patrick from the Mountain Home Fire Department volunteered to participate in the 25th Annual Firefighters Stairclimb for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, scheduled for March 6 in Seattle.

by Tim Bondy

Mountain Home News

Two Mountain Home firefighters continued to train this week as they set their sights on participating in an event that will put their athletic abilities and physical endurance to the test while raising money to fight cancer.

Elsa Guillen and Hank Patrick from the city fire department will join others from departments across the country and around the world during the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society stairclimb.

Conducted in Seattle each March, firefighters from ...

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