The Newton Fire Department is again participating in the annual Fight For Air Climb, which supports the American Lung Association. Newton Firefighters will be climbing stairs in three Des Moines buildings between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Sunday. In all, five Newton Firefighters in full gear will climb 1,656 steps as they traverse a total of 79 floors. Firefighter and EMT Kyle Esery will be participating for his fourth year, and says lung health and research is close to home for firefighters who often breathe in bad air.
“A lot of this money goes to anti-smoking programs, cancer research, and other initiatives like asthma and stuff like that. As a firefighter, we deal with a lot of hazardous environments. So it’s something kind of close to us.”…