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Petal firemen to compete in Combat Challenge World Championship

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Five Petal firemen will be competing in the World Championship in the Scott Safety Firefighter Combat Challenge in November.

This comes after a three man team qualified in July at a competition in Montgomery Alabama.

The team is made up of Lt. Carlton Sims, T.J. Burkhalter, Richie Steele, Greg Crowder, and Gerald Watts.

In the competition the team must complete a grueling course in less than two minutes. The combat challenge is called the toughest two-minutes in sports.

The team will next compete in a regional competition in October in Tyler Texas to prepare for the world championship which will be held in Myrtle Beach South Carolina in November.

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