The twenty-third cache in the CFS series.
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At the given coordinates is the Balaklava CFS station, located within the Wakefield Plains Group in Region 2.
The station is also the group base for the Wakefield Plains Group.
This station is home to two appliances: BALA24P & BALA44.
A total of 6000L of water and 60L of foam are kept in this brigade.
From the start of the 1997 financial year to the end of the 2021 financial year, Balaklava CFS had 1630 callouts:
1997-1998 - 56
1998-1999 - 50
1999-2000 - 47
2000-2001 - 78
2001-2002 - 69
2002-2003 - 56
2003-2004 - 76
2004-2005 - 63
2005-2006 - 62
2006-2007 - 69
2007-2008 - 59
2008-2009 - 61
2009-2010 - 80
2010-2011 - 83
2011-2012 - 64
2012-2013 - 70
2013-2014 - 81
2014-2015 - 80
2015-2016 - 57
2016-2017 - 64
2017-2018 - 73
2018-2019 - 83
2019-2020 - 78
2020-2021 - 71
Towns, suburbs and localities covered by this brigade are:
Balaklava, Bowillia, Bowmans, Dalkey, Erith, Goyder, Halbury, Saints, Watchman and Whitwarta.
To find the cache you must find the following:
The year Balaklava CFS was established = ABCD
The cache is hidden at:
S34 (C-D)(C+D).(C+D)(C+D)B Checksum = 33
E138 (A+A)(B-C+A).(C+A)(B-A)(C-D) Checksum = 21
You are looking for a plastic container.
BYO pencil.
Please be sure to give way to responding vehicles.
Please replace natural camo.
First firefighter on scene: Firesafe (seems appropriate)