Historical.....
Hard
Yakka - Exhaustion
Knapsacks
- Sleeps Hill Fire
National
Park fire
EFS
Competitions Alarm Race
Breathing
Apparatus Training
While many things
have changed in the years since the 'early days' - much is still the same.
Hard Yakka! Their faces say it all - Russell Grear, Peter Tavener, Alan
Pearce and Chris Jones at Brown Hill Creek Fire armed with knapsacks and
fire-lighters.
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(L-R) John Penno, Lee Whicker and Tom Pearce use knapsacks to put this
bushfire out.
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'Eden Truck' at National Park fire
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EFS Competitions - Alarm Race Team Belair National Park Early 1960s
Eden Alarm Race crew competing at the competitions held on the Main Oval of the Belair National Park.
Crew members are (L-R) Peter Southby, Graham (Tub) Adams and Ian Motley.
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Breathing Apparatus Training Eden Hills CFS Station
Improvised Breathing Apparatus training within our fire station
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