{"id":296782,"date":"2026-09-30T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296782\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:36:08","slug":"a-record-setting-day-for-two-stone-mills-township-firefighters-at-an-international-event-in-erie-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296782\/","title":{"rendered":"A record-setting day for two Stone Mills Township firefighters at an international event in Erie, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Photo: Kevin Duncan, supplied<\/p>\n

\n Kevin Duncan and Lianne McAuley of the Stone Mills Township Fire Department finished first in the 50+ age category.\n <\/p>\n

A pair of Stone Mills Township firefighters took on the world and set a record while doing it.<\/p>\n

Kevin Duncan and Lianne McAuley along with Karim Byne were at the TFT Firefighter Challenge Championship Series in Erie, Pennsylvania last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Duncan and McAuley participated in the tandem FD 50+ category and completed the course in 2:25.4, a new record that was previously held by the pair.<\/p>\n

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McAuley says performing the tasks during the course does take a physical toll but being able to meet firefighters from around the world outweighs any pain they endure.<\/p>\n

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Both Duncan and McAuley are in their 60s and continue to serve with the Stone Mills Township Fire Department.<\/p>\n

Duncan says the goal for any firefighter is to try and complete the course in under two minutes, something he admits is tough for someone his age.<\/p>\n

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Both took part in another firefighting challenge earlier this year in Indianapolis and were able to qualify for the event in Erie.<\/p>\n

McAuley says she and Duncan train a lot to prepare for these competitions.<\/p>\n

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Duncan explains what is involved in the course that they took part in.<\/p>\n

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Duncan says they are looking to compete in the worlds in Las Vegas in October and are trying solicit sponsorships in order to cover the costs. Anyone interested can email: kduncanretdc@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Story by Ken Hashizume<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Kevin Duncan, supplied Kevin Duncan and Lianne McAuley of the Stone Mills Township Fire Department finished first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-296782","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\/296782","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=296782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}