Stephen Bourassa:  

Still living in the area and active with the Latham FD. Have been competing in the Firefighters Combat Challenge since 1993. Heading to Las Vegas in the Nov. for the World Championships in the Combat Challenge. This will be my 8th time, all since turning 50. Jan, my wife, went with me for the first time in 2007 and I actually made the finals in my age group. In 2007 the Challenge took us to New Zealand to compete at their 1st National Championships. We had a fire back in Dec/07 so we have now moved to Schenectady, not far from Union College. It seems funny after 56 years of living in the suburbs to now be living in the city. The wife's job went to Colorado w/o her a while back and mine is gone to Tennessee, also w/o me. But now it is time for a change. Guess I will have to put off getting that boat I wanted to retire to, but then that was only a little $250,000 thing we saw at the New England Boat Show. But it was a nice dream, spending winters in the warmer climes sailing from place to place. Well its now March 2013 and the new challenge season is coming soon. Last year I got my NYS record in the >60 division. It was not a great time but It did make me a state champion. Now I am ready to start working on my challenge bucket list. There are several FF's I want to run tandems and relays with, all leading up 2019. That is when I reach 50 yrs in the fire service and will hope to become the 1st individual competitor to compete with that much time in the fire service. My almost 44yrs might make me the competitor w/ the most time in service now. The 2013 season is ready to start for me with competition in Verona and Niagara Falls in June. Then possibly in Canada and Mass. in July, all leading up to WC XXII in Las Vegas in October. Looking to run a Beyond Classic Relay (6...Expand for more