Cherry Gardens Brigade History

Old Vehicles

Holden 4WD Rodeo quick-attack vehicle - Cherry Gardens 14

500L water capacity found to be too small for our area, & vehicle transferred to Happy Valley CFS.

late 1980's - early 1990's

old 14 rear.JPG

Photos - R. Edwards(?)

RFW tight squeeze into shed

Photo - J. Coppi

Cherry Gardens 34

( ? - Nov. 1998)

This Woods & Forests RFW Tanker was lent to the brigade from approx 1993 to 1998. While its 3000L water capacity & spacious cab were popular, its bulk was not. Nor was its chronic unreliability or poor off-road ability in our steep terrain.

Photo: S. Schueler The "Battlestar" was returned to SA Primary Industries Dept. in Nov '98.

No wake was held.

Cherry Gardens Air Support

1997 LandRover Defender with Equipment Trailer

6cyl turbo Diesel

The Landy had excellent off-road ability, but suffered from an unresolved and seemingly untraceable electrical problem. Its unusual ergonomics also invited mixed reactions. Some loved it, some hated it.

Landy/Trailer combo was replaced by our present Mitsubishi Canter in December 1999. air land fr-r.jpg - Landrover "Defender" & trailer

Belair 14 fr-le.jpg [25kb] Cherry Gardens 14

(Nov 1998 - Jan 2003)

CG14 in its original livery, as supplied by Skilled. Replaced with the red & yellow checquer in October 2000.

The Canter was a very nimble & capable little truck & well liked by drivers. But the cabin was a bit squeezy for fire-fighters to don PPE easily.

CG14 was transferred to Belair CFS in Jan 2003 and so remains within Sturt Group.

Cherry Gardens 34

(Nov. 2002 - ?)

in original NSW RFS colours as Heathcote 1081

This information has been sourced from the Brigade website at this address
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