Japanese firefighters show their skills on top of bamboo ladders
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display banners reading 'Reconstruction from the disaster' and 'Never give up, Japan' during their stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A member of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association displays his skills on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association watch stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association perform stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association perform stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A member of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association displays his balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Members of Hyper Rescue squad march in front of members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display banners reading 'Reconstruction from the disaster' and 'Never give up, Japan' during their stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
A member of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association displays his skills on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association watch stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association perform stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association perform stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises. -- PHOTO: AFP
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A member of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association displays his balancing skills atop bamboo ladders during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Members of Hyper Rescue squad march in front of members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association during a New Year demonstration by the fire brigade in Tokyo on Jan 6, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Images from Japan where members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association display their skills with stunts on the top of bamboo ladders at the annual new year fire review in Tokyo.
A total of 2,800 firefighters, 133 vehicles, 5 helicopters and 8 boats participated in the new year firefighting exercises.
