On Saturday, Oct. 27, the Statesboro Fire Department sponsored the 2012 Firefighter Challenge at the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fairgrounds. The day of food, fun and family was a local fund-raising effort to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a voluntary health agency dedicated to finding treatments and cures for 43 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive medical and community services and far-reaching professional and public health education. The event included three teams, two from the Statesboro Fire Department and one from the Springfield Fire Department, competing to finish a relay of challenges including Rapid Dress, Busted Hose, Hose Obstacle Course, Hose Extension and Advance, and Bucket Brigade.