West End Neighborhood House Fire Truck Pull

Join us for the 2nd Annual West End Neighborhood House Fire Truck Pull! 

📅 Saturday, October 18, 2025
📍 Wilmington Riverfront

2025 Theme: Ignite the Spark – Empower the Future

It’s more than a tug-of-war with a firetruck—it’s a high-energy display of teamwork, spirit, and community. Powered and safeguarded by Wilmington Fire Department personnel, teams of up to 8 will compete in bracket-style challenges with a chance at glory and bragging rights!

🏆 Awards

• Overall and Wild Card Champions

• 4 Challenge Winners

• *Fastest Category* (e.g., business vs. business)

• Best Costume

🎉 Event Highlights

• Local vendors & food trucks

• Mascots (TBD)

• Appearances by community leaders

• Auction & raffle prizes

• …and more!

🔗 How It Works

• Registration: $25 per person. You can:
  
  1. Sign up solo and be placed on a team
  2. Join an existing team (if you are affiliated with that group)
  3. Create a new team
  (up to 8 people — you can start with fewer, and we’ll combine incomplete teams if needed)

• Each participant pays individually — teams do not need to pay the full $200 upfront.

• Teams receive assigned start times by Challenge Bracket.

• * Where possible, teams are matched against similar groups (e.g., business vs. business), which also supports the Fastest Category award.*

• Each Challenge crowns a Challenge Winner. The 4 Challenge Winners then face off in the Final Four Pull-Off, with the fastest pull crowned the Overall Champion.

• All other Bracket Winners are re-pooled by time; the top 2 face off in a Wild Card Pull-Off → Wild Card Champion.

👕 T-Shirts & Registration Deadlines

• Register by Friday, 10/6 to receive an event T-shirt.

• Online registration closes Wednesday, 10/15.

• Walk-ups are welcome on event day (T-shirts not guaranteed after 10/3).

💡 Sponsors: Thank you to our sponsors for helping Ignite the Spark! Opportunities to Empower the future start at $500. Click here to learn more and get your company added to the list of amazing organizations.  

🏠 About Our House:  For more than 140 years, West End Neighborhood House has tackled some of Delaware’s most complex social challenges with creativity and compassion. From housing and education to employment, family services, and financial empowerment, we deliver programs that meet people where they are and help them build lasting self-sufficiency. Every day, we work alongside our neighbors, partners, and supporters to create opportunities and strengthen communities across the state.