Interviews

We spoke with Brian Muscatell who managed to grab some fantastic drone footage of a Marina Fire in the states. We asked him about the incident and what kind of equipment he used to get the footage. “I grabbed the Polly backpack, kissed the wife and was off like a flash. While I was hightailing it down there, the first of the firetrucks arrived.”
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This has got to be the best appliance ‘reveal’ video we’ve seen yet. We spoke to the man behind this awesome video and asked him all about how it came to be. If you’ve not seen this video yet, it’s unreal.

This is a fantastic interview with Emma and Anna, two ACT RFS firefighters who run a facebook page about their adventures on and off the fireground. Firefighting, crossfit, wine, community spirit – it’s all in here!

“Anna and I initially started our page to help our fundraising adventure with the organization ‘Droptober’ where we raised $1690 for the variety charity. Nowadays the page is dedicated to the adventures we get up to as rural firefighters in the ACT and as friends. Overall however, the page is designed to encourage others to step outside their comfort zone and volunteer for their local communities.”

Ed from the Gungahlin Rural Fire Brigade was overseas, ticking off bucket list items in Kabul when he came up with the idea of attempting to connect with a fire station over there. What followed next was fantastic.

This unit is a fully rated fire engine, carrying 500 gallons of water, a 1250 GPM pump, and all the needed fire equipment. It also carries all the same equipment as our Paramedic level EMS transport units, including a stretcher.

We had a minute of silence next to the reflection pools before climbing. We each carried a tag of a fallen firefighter that died in 9/11. As you climb, their photos are on the walls in the stairwell. This is very sad but motivating at the same time.

“A lot of effort put in by a lot of volunteers… the volunteers deserve a lot of congratulations for what they did. They didn’t need to be asked, they did a lot of things that men shouldn’t need to have done”

Vicky Reynen is an aerial ignition crewmember for the Department of Parks and Wildlife in Western Australia. We spoke in depth about what her role involves and how she ended up there.

We had the pleasure of speaking with Natalie Jones, who is Erickson’s first female Skycrane Captain. Natalie spoke about her background, previous flying experience and what lead her to becoming the Erickon’s first female captain of the infamous skycrane.

We spoke with Timberline Helicopters who are the first company…