Ironwood  Firefighters to do Battle on Three Fronts!

The Ironwood Volunteer Firefighters are preparing to do battle on three fronts.

This Saturday July 18th, the brave men and women of the Ironwood Volunteer Fire Department (pictured above) will enter the arena to do battle with other fire departments at the annual Fire Company's water fights. The competition is being hosted by the Manitowish Waters Fire Co. The event takes place at Noon this Saturday, at the Manitowish Waters Community Center.

The event will serve as a warmup for the biggie. The 115th Annual Upper Peninsula Volunteer Firefighters Tournament. This major event takes place July 23rd through July 25th. The races will take place at 9:00am on Friday the 24th.

This year's event is taking place in Florence, Wisconsin. We've been told that this will be the first time ever, that the event will be held out side of Michigan. The U.P. Tournament is a great experience consisting of races, other skills competition and and three, yes three parades! The IVFD is famous for their marching, so don't miss it.

On On Sun. Aug 9th The Lake Gogebic Volunteers will be having their annual Firemen’s picnic. Included in the activities are waterfights which are open to the public for their enjoyment. Teams consist of three members and fire departments may enter as many teams as they like. There will be an awards for the winning team, along with one-year bragging rights.

We've been informed by anonymous sources that the Ironwood Volunteers are preparing for clean sweep of these events.
 

above - Ironwood Team readies for race.. Houghton U.P. Tourney 2008.

above Captain, Barb Allen climbs the ladder during one of the races - Houghton U.P. Tourney 2008.

IronwoodInfo.com  is a Michigan, Non-Profit Media Corporation

Contact IronwoodInfo.com

email: mail@ironwoodinfo.com
snail mail: P.O. Box 305 Ironwood, MI 49938
Telephone
906-885-5683
Fax
906-884-2544