Other attractions include a flea market, live music, food, demonstrations, apparatus judging, vehicle shows and contests.
At the starting signal, competitors must run a distance of about 25 ft to the dressing area where they must don firefighter's gear.
After they are all dressed, they then must complete a task together in their gear such as a hose lay (see above) or simply run to a finish line, or the "firetruck".
Tug of War: This is a game where Competitors (most often equal on both sides) must pull their opposing team across a line, into a puddle, etc.
When done by a well versed team it can be done in under a minute as was accomplished many times in the late 1980s and early 1990s at Greenfield Village SPAAMFAA musters in Michigan.
This race pits teams against the clock to see who can get a steady stream of water to the deluge gun (on the end of the hose) the quickest.
The fastest time for this event wins, judging is usually broken up in classes for centrifugal, piston, and rotary gear pumps.