Firefighter stair training

A few of the Mountain Home Firefighters are training up for the annual Seattle Scott Firefighter Stairclimb to help raise money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation.

They had a successful training event on Saturday the 1oth at Walmart preparing themselves while also getting to be a part of the community while they did so.

This will be the 33rd annual event, in which Firefighters from all over the nation and the world gather to climb the Columbia Center in Downtown Seattle. This will be 69 floors equalling out to 1,356 stairs, and will be broadcast live.

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