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2003
Burton firefighters do it first time | |
|  | | The lads who are national champs! |
| | A group of Burton firefighters have just been crowned British Champions.
The men won a national competition for cutting people out of vehicles.... at their first attempt!
They go on to the world championships next year. |
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| | Burton Fire Station's Green Watch have been named national champions at rescuing people from vehicles in crashes.
Its team beat over fifty teams in a national competition, at Chilwell Army depot in Nottinghamshire, where they were marked on safety, team work and efficiency.
To see pictures of the Burton firefighters in action, being watched by the press too(!), click on our photo gallery
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It was the station's first attempt at the event and three members of the winning team are trainees!
To represent one's country
Firefighter Neil Evans spoke for the team as he tried to measure just what the achievement amounted to:
"To realise the full scale of what we've achieved, you must know that the current world champions are Royal Berkshire, and we actually beat Royal Berkshire into second place.
It's a fantastic achievement for all the boys really. Basically it's afforded me to represent my country, at a level I thought I never would do, so I'm very pleased."
With their number one title, they can now look forward to the world championships next year. | | | |
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