{"id":793337,"date":"2026-07-10T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793337\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:34:12","slug":"canadian-u-s-firefighters-face-off-in-firefit-championship-in-montreal-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/793337\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian, U.S. firefighters face off in Firefit championship in Montreal this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 130 firefighters from across Canada and the United States will face off in simulated rescue contests in Angrignon Park this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 5th Canadian Firefit championship will test the first responders\u2019 skills and strength in a series of scenarios that replicate emergency situations. <\/p>\n<p>The public event is organized by the Montreal Firefighters Association (APM) which represents over 2,400 firefighters across the island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur firefighters demonstrate every day what it takes to protect Montrealers. For two days, Angrignon Park will serve as a showcase for this reality and the bond that unites us with the community we serve every day,\u201d said Chris Ross, president of APM.<\/p>\n<p>The event will also feature a demonstration of a live vehicle extrication and an antique fire truck exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public can also participate in running competitions \u2014 1 km, 5 km, 10 km \u2014 and compete alongside the firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>There will be several family-friendly free activities for the public, including, BBQ, inflatable games, face painting for children and giant games.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day event goes on from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 130 firefighters from across Canada and the United States will face off in simulated rescue contests&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-793337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}