EDEN DISTRICT NEWS - Four of Eden District Municipality’s (Eden DM’s) toughest firefighters excelled in the 6th Fire and Emergency Services Fire-Fighter Competition.
The Eden DM team’s successes of the past couple of years resulted in a special invitation for them to again compete and the team lived up to expectations.
Eden DM won the team challenge in a record time of 3 min 28 seconds, beating the team of Ethikweni (3 min 45 sec) into second place.
Emile Conrad from Eden District Municipality won second place.
The annual Grinder Challenge was hosted by eThekwini Fire and Emergency Services on 25 and 26 August at the Durban North Beach Amphitheatre.
The annual fitness challenge is specifically for firefighters and covers a gruelling course of fire-fighting specific tasks/obstacles that contestants had to complete in the fastest time possible.
Eden District Municipality’s firefighters won the team challenge in a record breaking time.
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