ONE look at Carapook’s volunteer fire brigade, which has marked its 80th year on the front lines against fires near and far, says it all – a long and proud history, centuries of combined experience and the several families with whom volunteer firefighting is a heritable trait in the genes, continued through the generations.
They regularly put their lives on the line to protect communities, whether it’s from a fire springing up two kilometres down the road at the neighbour’s place, or a major bushfire crisis calls for their help in the Gippsland region or beyond state borders.
