Incident Description

Verde Valley Fire District is hosting the 4^th Annual Fire & Steel Run to benefit Trauma Intervention Programs of Arizona. This event will be held Saturday, October 17^th and kickstands go up at 10 AM from Verde Valley Medical Center.

Once the bikes kick off, they will parade down 89A through the roundabouts, through Clarkdale, down through Old Town Cottonwood, and make their first stop at the Public Safety Building on 6th Street. The remaining dice rolls for the run with take place at Jerome, Cornville, VOC, and Camp Verde Fire Stations. Bikers are encouraged to let their kids ride along. They will have a great opportunity to visit several Fire Stations along the way! The ride will end at the Moose Lodge at 1051 S. Broadway in Clarkdale, for an afternoon and evening of food, prizes, and a dance featuring the Cadillac Angels.

Cost for the full event is $25 per rider, $20 per passenger. Registration for the run includes dinner, run card, entertainment and a raffle ticket for a Kawasaki motorcycle. For anyone interested in just the dinner, dance and entertainment, registration is $15.00. The event will hold a 50/50 drawing and have raffle tickets available for some great prizes. Separate raffle tickets for the Kawasaki 900 Vulcan LT Classic bike, are $10 each or 3/$25 and you do not need to be present to win.

We hope you will come and join us for a great day and help benefit a terrific program. TIP provides volunteers who respond to emergency situations, offering support and practical help to those impacted by loss from fire, death, accidents, illness, or other emergency situations. They help the emergency services personnel get back on the road, while making sure families get needed services or help.

You can register for this run on-line at www.TIPofAZ.org, register the day of the event, or pick up a registration form at Verde Valley Fire Station 31, 2700 Godard Road, in Cottonwood. For more information call Captain Mike Rauton at 634-2578.