Lewes members competed in the first annual Harvey Grant Vehicle Extrication Challenge on Saturday at the Delaware State Fire School in Dover and brought back five awards. The team made up of Team Captain Asst. Chief Gordon Davis, Asst. Chief Steve Evans, Captain Tim McClanahan, Captain Mike MacCoy, Chief Engineer Troy Virden, Lieutenant Travis Shalaby, Junior Captain Jen Arnold, and Firefighter Ralph Petrella trained for over 6 weeks in preparation for the event and the hard work was evident in the teams performance. Four teams competed including Georgetown, Claymont and Smyrna. The competition tests team skills in patient extrication using hydraulic power tools (unlimited) and without hydraulic power tools (limited). Lewes placed first in the limited category, second in the unlimited category and best overall making them top in the state. Team Captain Gordon Davis was also awarded best incident commander and Jen Arnold and Ralph Petrella were awarded best EMTs. Congratulations to all the members of the Lewes team for a job well done! Congratulations also goes out to the other teams for their hard work and success. Thanks to the Fire School, Judges and everyone involved that made the event a success. Everyone had fun and learned from the training. Hopefully next year more teams will be involved as Lewes defends the title of best in the state!