Three area fire chiefs were put on 24-hour notice Friday after New Westminster’s fire boss Tim Armstrong took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Chief Tim Armstrong got the challenge from Burnaby fire chief Doug McDonald and Delta fire chief Dan Copeland.
Armstrong in turn called out fire chiefs John McKearney of Vancouver, Wade Pierlot of Coquitlam and Nick Delmonico of Port Coquitlam.
Armstrong was doused with pails of icy water poured by firefighters from atop a lift on one of the city’s fire trucks parked in front of Honour House.
Honour House is a home away from home for Canadian Forces personnel, emergency services personnel and their families to stay for free while they are getting medical care and treatment in the Metro Vancouver area.
New West’s fire chief was joined in the ALS challenge by Al De Genova and Craig Longstaff – president and general manager of Honour House respectively.
BC Paramedic Union president Bronwyn Barter was also on hand to get doused and passed on her challenge to New West MLA Judy Darcy.
As of Friday, worldwide donations from the Ice Bucket Challenge to combat the neurodegenerative disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) broke the $100 million mark.
