Don't be fooled by their young age; these firefighting cadets have grit and determination.

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As many of their peers took it easy during the recent school holidays, these NSW Rural Fire Service cadets competed against the best in Australia at the Australian Fire Cadet Championships.

The Illawarra entered two cadet teams in the comp and the Mercury chatted to some of them ahead of the competition that kicked off on Monday, September 29.

"I'm feeling pretty good. We've been training quite a bit," Lachlan Eckermann said in the lead-up to the fir

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