I don t go out in the trucks much anymore, Pat said. When he was fighting those fires I was in incident control and was arranging crews to go out to the fires. Pat and Errol Noye have volunteered for the Turkey Beach Rural Fire Brigade since 2006 and in August they will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. There a couple of times when you hear on the radio things getting hairy and it can get quite stressful. Last year Errol was deployed to fight the New South Wales bushfires. I did worry about him then because the fires are much more intense than what we have here, she said.
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Santa traded in his sleigh for a fire truck as he made his way around Gladstone spreading joy on Christmas Eve.
The Mount Maurice Rural Fire Brigade had its annual Santa run on Thursday where the crew drove around the streets handing out treats for all the nice children and playing their sirens.
Crew leader Alex Gray said the annual run was a way to bring smiles to children’s faces while providing the community with information about the rural fire brigade.
“It’s just for fun,” Mr Gray said.
“We go around at a walking pace and play the sirens every 30 seconds or so