pThe Susquehanna Hose Company is proud to announce its new partnership with local business owner Casey Holliday from CrossFit Havre de Grace. Together we strive to improve the overall fitness of firefighters from the Susquehanna Hose Company. The partnership will also benefit CrossFit Havre de Grace by bringing new members to a locally owned business located on Young Street in downtown Havre de Grace.ppbrFighting fires is considered one of the most physically demanding jobs. In 2012 49 of the eighty-three line of duty firefighter fatalities that occurred in the United States were caused by heart attacks. Thirty eight of those deaths were caused by stress or overexertion. In an effort to reduce the number of firefighter injuries and fatalities the National Fire Protection Association published NFPA 1583 Standard for Health-Related Fitness Programs for Fire Department Members. Chief Scott Hurst and the Susquehanna Hose Company already known for their excellence in the area of training will utilize this new partnership as a tool to help meet the components listed in NFPA 1583.ppCrossFit Havre de Grace is located at 516 Young Street Havre de Grace MD 21078. Out front you will find a huge truck tire that weighs over 200 pounds. Holliday uses it during intense workouts that require participants to flip the tire over a certain distance or bang it with overhead swings of a sledgehammer. Inside the building is packed with pull-up bars gymnastic rings weights bars jump ropes and a climbing rope that hangs from the ceiling. Each session begins with a warm-up period followed by a lesson going over each movement that will be used that particular day. Then the WOD or Work Out of the Day begins. The WOD changes every day and is rarely ever the same. CrossFit uses a mix of cardio weightlifting and gymnastics in order to provide a well balanced workout routine. Each workout also has the ability to be scaled based on each participants comfort level. According to their website CrossFit prepares its trainees not only for the unknown but also the unknowable. These types of workouts are perfect for members of the Hose Company who never know what they will find on their next response.ppThis new partnership comes at a perfect time as members of the Hose Company prepare for our annual Firefighter Olympics on November 2 2013. During the Olympics members are challenged to complete a series of real life firefighting obstacles while dressed in their full firefighting ensemble.brppp
