Pensacola Beach Firefighter's Challenge 2023
Friday, April 14, 2023
Join us April 14-15 for the toughest firefighter challenge in the US! Test your skill, strength, and stamina on the sugar-white sands of Pensacola Beach. Register a team or challenge yourself and do the course solo. The Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge is a great event to build camaraderie, compete, have fun, and win! And bring your family to make it a vacation. Register below and see you in Pensacola!
Competition Information
Obstacles
The course for the Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge will be on Pensacola Beach. All obstacles will be in the sand. The obstacles each participant must go through will be:
- Forced Entry
- Charged Hose Pull – Sponsored by Columbia Southern
- Kaiser Sled – Sponsored by Whataburger
- Dummy Drag – Sponsored by Fishbein Orthodontics
- Hose Hoist
Dress Requirements
Each participant will be required to wear full structural firefighting gear including boots, gloves, air packs (breathing on air), helmets, and masks.
Team Competition Information
Teams will have a seeding round on Friday to determine when they go on Saturday for their actual competition time. The order on Saturday will be: fastest time on Friday goes last on Saturday, slowest time on Friday goes first on Saturday.
For the team competition, the first person will complete the first obstacle, then tag the second person (standing in the staging zone), and so on until the final person crosses the finish line.
Courses
There will be two courses right next to each other – two teams/individuals will be going at the same time. Each team/person is racing for their best overall time, not against the next team/person next to them.
Each person gets one run of the course to score their best time. In the event there is a tie for an overall or award placement, the two teams will run the course again to determine a winner.
The event will be manually timed using two times to verify each run.
Team Categories:
- First
- Second
- Third
Individual Age Categories – Female Divisions:
- Overall
Individual Age Categories – Male Divisions:
- Overall
- 18-25 First Place
- 26-32 First Place
- 33-39 First Place
- 40+ First Place
Team and individual check-in is on Friday, April 14 from 5-8 pm; at the Gulf Side Pavilion on Pensacola Beach.
You will receive your team packets, shirts, and event information. Free food and drinks will be provided for all paid participants. Guests are $20.
Team Seeding Round
Additionally, the seeding round of the Team Competition will take place Friday night. All teams are guaranteed at least two runs on the course.
The event will be manually scored. Your time will start on “GO” from the announcer and will stop once you cross the finish line.
There will be two timers for each team/person to verify the time.
Following the competition on April 15, starting at 7:00pm, participants and guests are invited to attend the Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge Social at Whiskey Joe's for Food, Drink Specials and Live Music.
All teams are guaranteed two runs on the course. A seeding round on Friday and then the main competition on Saturday.
Friday, April 14, 2023 (Times are subject to change)
- 5 pm – 7:30 pm – Team Check In
- 7:00 pm – Team Seeding Round
Saturday, April 15, 2023 (Times are subject to change)
- 7 am – area opens for teams to set up tents
- 7:30 am- 8 am – Opening Ceremony
- 8 am- 12 pm – Individual Competition
- 12 pm- 1 pm – Corporate / Civilian Competition
- 12 pm - 4 pm – Team Competition
- 4:30 pm – Awards Ceremony
- 7 pm – Social
The timeline is subject to change, pending the number of teams and participants. The final timeline will be posted at the Team Check-In.
Teams
- 60 Teams Max
- 5 People Per Team – must register at one time
- 4-person team is permitted – one person must do the first and last skill station
- Each team is guaranteed at least two runs on the course
$275 – Open now through March 31, 2022
$315 – April 1 – April 14, 2022
Each team participant receives:
- Performance short sleeve event t-shirt
- Challenge Coin
- Friday Night Party Pass (food and drinks provided)
Individuals
- 52 individuals max
- Additional $25 if also part of a team
$75 – Open now through March 31
$85 – Price Increase April 1-14
Each individual participant receives:
- Performance short sleeve event t-shirt
- Challenge Coin
- Friday Night Party Pass (food and drinks provided)
There are no refunds for this event
Inclement Weather
The rain makeup date is Sunday, April 16
- In the event, there is light rain or off-and-on rain, we will continue with the event on April 16
- In the event, there is lightning or predicted storms all day on April 15; we will postpone until April 16
- If the entire weekend is a washout, there will not be another make-up date. We will work with the teams to discount entry into next year’s event if this happens.
- The check-in party and participant goodies will still go on/be given out as scheduled.
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Surf & Sand Hotel
Surf & Sand is conveniently located in the heart of Pensacola beach, steps away from dining, nightlife, and shopping. Enjoy complimentary kayaks, paddle boards, and beach cruisers, or hang out by our firepit on our private beach in Little Sabine Bay.
40 Fort Pickens Rd.
Pensacola Beach, FL. 32561
Rate: $159 plus taxes and fees
Includes breakfast
To book, call the property at 850.934.5400 and reference either DeLuna Swim or Firefighters Challenge.
Offer available until March 17
Hampton Inn Pensacola Beach
12 Via De Luna Dr, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561
Rates: $179-$219
Full breakfast buffet included
To book over the phone: call the hotel at tel:18509325331850.932.6800 and ask for Rhaena Dawson. Provide the FFC code to get the group rate. Offer available until 04/07
Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach
14 Via De Luna Drive, Pensacola Beach, FL, 32561
Rates: $179.00-$199.00
Use Code: FFR
850.932.5331
General Information
For more information on the Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge Presented, email amarquez@pensacolasports.org
Sponsorship Information
For sponsorship information on the Pensacola Beach Firefighters Challenge, email katie@pensacolasports.org
Pensacola Sports Office
101 West Main Street Pensacola, Florida 32502
850.434.2800
Event Photos
Our Sponsors
Pensacola Sports is grateful for the support of its generous partners, sponsors and donors. Thank you for your commitment to growing Pensacola as a healthy place to live, work and play.
