Nobody believed the pager call to "500m west of the showgrounds". "That’s Biddaddaba", said one. Robbo and TM1 were first on scene in private vehicles. From Main Western Road it looked like smoke coming over the western cliffs from a…
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Month: November 2005
Western Escarpment Fire
9 November 2005 1426. Two crews responded to a pager call to a grass fire on the western shelf opposite the showgrounds. The fire was burning on about one acre of ground on the edge of the western escarpment. One…
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Fun and Games
I’ve never been to a Firefighter Games before, so I’m the first to admit that two hours on Saturday doesn’t make me an expert, BUT, what were they DOING? There were sloppy bowls, crossovers, kinks, twists, fouled hoses, no PPE,…
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