The dirty, hot and dangerous work of battling bushfires might be physically exha...
BLUE MOUNTAINS, Australia - The dirty, hot and dangerous work of battling bushfires might be physically exhausting for Raymond Lowe, but he is not stepping aside any time soon.
Lowe is part of a four-person crew from the Rural Fire Service in New South Wales state who are all in their 60s and have given up their time over Christmas to tackle some of Australia’s fiercest fires, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. “There’s always going to be that desire to get out because it’s the camaraderie that you find out here,” said Lowe.
Lowe, a school administrator, is part of the biggest volunteer rural fire service in the world with more than 72,000 members who regularly work shifts of up to 14 hours to protect their communities and those around them.
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