Chuck Varese Vehicle Extrication Tournament [5-14-22]

On Saturday, May 13th, 2022, the Northport Fire Department hosted the 15th annual Chuck Varese Extrication Tournament. The annual event is held in memory of Northport Firefighter Chuck Varese who was struck and killed by a drug impaired driver while riding his motorcycle in 2008. For the first time in the event’s history one round of the competition required members to work on an overturned automobile. In the other rounds teams had to remove a pair of doors and roll the dash, create a “third door” on a couple style automobile and for the final round remove all the doors and the roof. Northport Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 took first place as well as fastest evolution time [3 minutes and 17 seconds]. Ridge and North Bellmore took second place and third place respectively.