Hope Fire to ‘climb the wall’ in annual BC Lung fundraiser

HOPE — The Hope Fire Department is racing other fire halls atop the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre for this year’s Climb the Wall event.

Since 2002, the BC Lung Foundation has challenged firefighters to run up the stairs of a nearly 50-storey building.

Moon Pruvost with Hope Fire is looking forward to beating her time and fundraising goal after another year with the fire department.

“I was new to the station and had only been on active duty for a few weeks before last year’s event,” said Pruvost. “I hadn’t mastered breathing in the gear yet.”