{"id":233736,"date":"2026-07-02T13:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233736\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:14:38","slug":"erie-county-fair-announces-new-fire-truck-pull-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233736\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Fair announces new fire truck pull competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Firefighter-truck-2026-stock.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[articleimage]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Firefighter-truck-2026-stock.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Metro Creative Graphics\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metro Creative Graphics<\/p>\n<p>    Submitted<\/p>\n<p>Thu, Jul 2nd 2026 09:10 am<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fire departments invited to register teams for new event\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erie County Fair press release<\/p>\n<p>The Erie County Fair announced the debut of its inaugural fire truck pull competition, set to take place Friday, Aug. 14, during the 2026 Erie County Fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new event will bring firefighters together for a test of strength, teamwork and friendly competition as teams race to pull a fire truck 75 feet in the fastest time possible.\u00a0The competition is open to fire departments across the region but is limited to 20 teams. Each fire department may enter one team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each team will consist of five competitors\u00a0(maximum four men, one woman; no subs).\u00a0If no woman participates, the team competes as a four-person.\u00a0Teams will receive one timed pull, with the three fastest teams earning first-, second- and third-place honors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fire truck pull will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m. on\u00a0Firefighter\u2019s Day at the Erie County\u00a0Fair, with event activities scheduled from 3-6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Erie County Fair is proud to highlight the firefighting community and the\u00a0important role\u00a0fire departments play across Western New York. Firefighter\u2019s Day features free admission for firefighters and auxiliary members; a $10 voucher valid for food, drinks or rides; the daily firefighter honoree ceremony and the memorial ceremony. The new Erie County Fair fire truck pull competition adds another high-energy way to recognize fire departments, bring firefighters\u00a0together\u00a0and\u00a0showcase\u00a0their teamwork. The Firemen\u2019s Building is also open daily during the fair with exhibits and experiences including the East Aurora Engine Truck, mask containment maze, and Hands Only CPR with the Buffalo Bills Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fire departments interested in participating are encouraged to register early, as space is\u00a0limited\u00a0and teams will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.\u00a0Registration information and event details are available at\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecfair.org\/firetruckpullregister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.ecfair.org\/firetruckpullregister<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Metro Creative Graphics Submitted Thu, Jul 2nd 2026 09:10 am Fire departments invited to register teams for new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-233736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}