Firefighters race for burn center
| 02 Mar 2015 | 01:51
Snowboarder/Firefighter Trevor Badu waits as fellow team members head towards the starting line. He took up the final position on the team.
Members of the Vernon Fire DepartmentþÄôs race team and members of their ladies auxiliary relax on a deck in front of Kite at the 28th annual New Jersey Firefighters Ski Race held Friday at the Mountain Creek Ski Resort in Vernon.
A member of the Vernon Township Fire Department encountered some technical problems as they headed left around the second gate.
The two ladies of the Vernon Township Fire Department racing team head up the mountain before racing down the slopes at the 28th annual New Jersey Firefighters Ski Race on Friday at Mountain Creek Ski Resort in Vernon.
Members of the Vernon Township Fire Department are shown headed toward the first gate on the slalom course.
VERNON — As a fundraiser for The Burn Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, about 43 teams of firefighters came to Mountain Creek last Friday.
The event drew teams from across the state although the Vernon Fire Department’s team was the only one representing Sussex County. The Vernon team completed the course in 48.34 seconds plus a 5-second addition for a race irregularity. This year's races marked the 28th anniversary of the event.
The race was held at the bottom of the Kamikaze expert slope and the steepness of the racecourse caught some of the teams off guard. Of the 43 teams that raced, only 39 successfully completed the course.
— Photos by Chris Wyman