Facing fire: Life as a Bendigo CFA career firefighter

Updated December 17 2016 - 11:40am, first published 11:30am
Bendigo career firefighters: Mick Lavery, Stewart Laing, Riley Lonsdale, John Giles, Tim Weston, Brendan Morris and Terry Rule. Picture: NONI HYETT
Bendigo career firefighters: Mick Lavery, Stewart Laing, Riley Lonsdale, John Giles, Tim Weston, Brendan Morris and Terry Rule. Picture: NONI HYETT

As temperatures begin to rise around the nation, so too does the reliance on the nation’s firefighters. Our reporter Ashley Fritsch spent an eye-opening shift with a crew in Bendigo.