State and local firefighters race for burn center
| 07 Mar 2016 | 04:33
Members of the Rockaway Fire Department approach the finish line.
Vernon resident Susanne Ebling, the director of the Mountain Creek Ski Patrol, spent the day on a snowmobile bringing the fire hoses used in the race back to the starting gate.
Members of the West Caldwell Fire Department race towards the finish line just above the lodge at Mountain Creek South during the 29th annual New Jersey Firefighters Ski Race on Friday at Mountain Creek Ski Resort in Vernon.
Shown on their winning first place race is the Linden Fire Department.
Members of the Vernon Township Fire Department get ready to head up the mountain for their 23rd place finish.
VERNON — As a fundraiser for The Burn Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, some 35 teams of firefighters signed up for the annual races at Mountain Creek last Friday.
The event drew teams from across the state and as in the past the Vernon Fire Department’s team was the only one representing Sussex County.
The Vernon team completed the course in 46.16 seconds and placed 23 of the 29 teams that finished the course. This year's races marked the 29th anniversary of the event.
The race was held at the bottom of the Kamikaze expert slope and in view of the lodge and Kink.
— Photos by Chris Wyman