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Check it out 9 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: at conair dot com and search Unbound. 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 2: Leads in with Nova. 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 3: And we wanted to speak to a man who has 12 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 3: led Australia obviously through one of the biggest catastrophees we've 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 3: seen in this country for a very long time, talking 14 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,599 Speaker 3: about the bushfires and the man who is the new 15 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 3: South Wales RFS Commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons joins us. Now, Shane, 16 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 3: thanks very much for coming in buddy, good morning. 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: But Shane, sorry sorry. 18 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 3: Before we kick off, we've had quite a bit of 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 3: ryan over the waken and stuff and a lot of 20 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 3: people are asking did it get to areas that it 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 3: needed to get to? How many fires are actually blazing 22 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 3: at the moment made and what's going on. 23 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 4: So look, it has made a difference in some areas 24 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 4: widespread there's been some light falls, but then there's localized 25 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 4: thunderstorms that has resulted in heavier fall. So that's really 26 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 4: brought and easy to the conditions generally, but it hasn't 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 4: put all the fires out. We've still got more than 28 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 4: twenty fires that are not contained, and even down the 29 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 4: South Coast. Yesterday when I was visiting down there with 30 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 4: my colleague and Fire and Rescue and the premiere, we 31 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 4: caught up with the team and they're still burning, trying 32 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 4: to contain fires down the South Coast, and on the 33 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 4: other side of that fire ground, they've had lots of 34 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 4: rain which will kind of put the edge out. So 35 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 4: it's a very mixed pattern no matter where you go 36 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 4: around the state. But better than where we were a 37 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 4: couple of weeks ago. 38 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 2: Shane, you didn't show one moment of panic throughout this time. 39 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: The headlines that we were receiving were extremely graphic, extremely 40 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: scary and confronting. You know, megablazers, fires combining to join 41 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 2: make bigger fires. You seem to be very composed throughout it. 42 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: Have you always been that way in these times of 43 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: extreme challenge. 44 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 4: Look, I've always tried to maintain a calm head, and 45 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 4: particularly when there's disasters or emergencies unfolding, because we've got 46 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 4: a lot of people out there that are focused on 47 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 4: doing what they need to do, and most importantly, there's 48 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 4: a whole bunch of people that are being impacted and 49 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 4: we want them to have considered decisions being made, sensible 50 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 4: decisions being made, and our focus is on trying to 51 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 4: preserve life as much as we possibly can, so trying 52 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 4: to maintain some sort of calm demeanor, a focused demeanor, 53 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 4: and sharing very openly, honestly and candidly what's happening, what 54 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 4: we're doing about it, what we can't do about it, 55 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: and then most importantly, what we want people to do 56 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 4: in order to try and preserve life and save property 57 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 4: is really. 58 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 5: Important, Shane. 59 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 3: Do we need to improve? I know we look back. 60 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 3: This has been such a horrible catastrophe that we've gone 61 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 3: through over the last few months. Do we need to 62 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: I mean, you're at the forefront, You've got the state 63 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 3: government and I don't know. Gladys Parergeekling. We had her 64 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 3: on Yesday she's led very well as well. You've got 65 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 3: the federal government as well. After coming out of something 66 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 3: like this, do we need to improve a lot in areas? 67 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 4: There is no doubt in my mind that after this season, 68 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 4: which has been the most protracted and unprecedented season we've 69 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 4: experienced in New South Wales, we owe it to all 70 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 4: those that have lost loved ones, We owe it to 71 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 4: all those that have lost property and all they've ever learned, 72 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 4: all they've ever earned in their life, to make sure 73 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 4: we learn from this. And I have no doubt like 74 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 4: we've done season after season here in New South Wales 75 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 4: and across Australia, particularly after most significant, widespread, damaging and 76 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 4: destructive fire events. We need to learn and we owe 77 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 4: it to those that have all suffered to learn. And 78 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 4: there's no doubt the learnings that we've made over the 79 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 4: last decade or so, particularly following Blacks Friday evening in 80 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 4: February nine, the investment we've made in particularly in public 81 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 4: information and warnings, the technologies we're using, the candid approach 82 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 4: to messaging everything around mitigation and firefighting operations, large large assets, 83 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 4: all those sorts of things. Whilst the toll has been 84 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 4: quite alarming this season in New South Wales, and I 85 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 4: don't mean to be disrespectful or insensitive to anybody at 86 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 4: all that have lost loved ones and have lost so much. 87 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 4: The reality is the toll could have been, and historically speaking, 88 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: should have been considerably higher. We should have been talking 89 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 4: death toll in the many dozens of people across these 90 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 4: fire grounds, and the home's loss should have probably doubled 91 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 4: than what they are at the moment. So there's no 92 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 4: doubt lessons have been learned from the past. Albeit we've 93 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 4: still experienced a very tragic and devastating season and we 94 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 4: will need to learn out of this season and do 95 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 4: better going forward. 96 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 5: Shane, how are your team doing? 97 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 2: How are the fieries. 98 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 4: I'm sure you're having a fair bit of contact with 99 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 4: the guys on the ground. How are they faring because 100 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 4: it's been a long haul for them. Well, they're they're 101 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 4: physically very tired and drained, but the thing that we're 102 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 4: really focusing on is the psychological and emotional drain and 103 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 4: and a lot of these crews and even catching up 104 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 4: with them again down the South Coast yesterday, what they've seen, 105 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 4: what they've experienced has been horrific. For some of them, 106 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 4: and so many of them are absolutely embedded in their 107 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 4: local community. So when we're talking about a home being lost, 108 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 4: when we're talking about a loved one being lost, when 109 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 4: we're talking about widespread damage and destruction, so often is 110 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 4: the case that it's our members themselves as well. And 111 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 4: if it's not the members, it's their neighbors, or it's 112 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 4: their friend, or it's their family. They're so connected and 113 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 4: tightly net into those local communities. So we are very 114 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 4: mindful of not just the physical exhaustion and the drain 115 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 4: that's been going on for months. I mean a lot 116 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 4: of our firefighters up north, we're averaging more than one 117 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 4: thousand files per month during winter Dune July August, and 118 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 4: so so far this season it's just under eleven thousand files. 119 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 4: So we're talking a very very busy, protracted, draining situation 120 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 4: where they've all been bolstered with all the fine and rescue, 121 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 4: National Parks, Forestry, every state and territory overseas. The emotional toll, 122 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 4: the psychological toll, like the rest of the community, is 123 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 4: a big focus for us going forward. 124 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: What was the moment where you realized this wasn't your 125 00:05:58,440 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 2: average summer period. 126 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 4: We knew with the forecast leading in the drought driven conditions, 127 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 4: and earlier on, probably just post winter, as we came 128 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 4: into spring through the National Center, we published very much 129 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 4: that the outlook for this season was expecting to be 130 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 4: above normal. It was expecting and particularly there was a 131 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 4: large red area zoned down the east coast of New 132 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 4: South Wales, parts of QUEENSLANDIY to Victoria, but effectively the 133 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 4: whole Great Dividing Range. The drought has been so profound 134 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 4: that far western areas of the state. The only good 135 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 4: thing in a drought from a fire point of view 136 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 4: in the western areas was there's no fuel there there 137 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 4: was no fee to earn. But when you come into 138 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 4: the ranges, when you get the back end of the ranges, 139 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 4: across the Great Dividing Range all the way out to 140 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 4: the coast, we had all our forested country particularly dry. 141 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 4: There was just an absence of moisture in the landscape. 142 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 4: We were one hundred percent drought effected during this summer, 143 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 4: and what we were finding was fire fire was starting 144 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 4: very very easily and spreading ridiculously quickly, and moreover areas 145 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,799 Speaker 4: that would traditionally see fire go into valleys and gullies 146 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 4: came for us and putting themselves out. They just weren't. 147 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 4: There was just no moisture in the landscape, and spot 148 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 4: fires and fire behavior was far above what would normally. 149 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: Be the couch Shane, We've had a call. Someone's rung 150 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 3: through from Cabargo. His name is tim Good morning, Timmy. 151 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 3: How are you buddy? 152 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 5: Yeah? 153 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 3: Good money, Yeah, not too bad. We've got Shane Fitzimmons. Mate, 154 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 3: what did you want to say? 155 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, Shane, Tim so I might. Yeah, we'd love to 156 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 5: thank you for the one I said probably three weeks ago. 157 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 5: I said, look at this blug he just doesn't you know, 158 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 5: it doesn't crack under pressure, and yeah, you know, like, yeah, 159 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 5: I think you should be next time. And that's what 160 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 5: I reck of you, Timmy. 161 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 3: Timmy, how are you affected in the fires? Timmy? 162 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: Yeah? 163 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, I lost my father and brother in Cabago. We 164 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 5: on our property ourselves, with like one hundred and seventy 165 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 5: five head of cattle there was. It was out on 166 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 5: a usement property at west of Cabago. But yeah, like 167 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 5: it just wasn't a fire. It was it was more 168 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 5: than a fire. This thing that's come through here, it's torn. 169 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 5: It was torn eight with fire with it. It's just 170 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 5: just craziness. 171 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: And tim did they not get out in time? Did 172 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 2: your did your brother and your father try to flee 173 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: the property? 174 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 5: Look, they were doing everything everything that every farmer farmer does, 175 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 5: you know, Like it's just what's come through here. It's 176 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 5: just I've never I'm only forty two, mates, but I've 177 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 5: never seen mountains. You know. Look what we're back on 178 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 5: the parks here and we've got a mountain here. It's 179 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 5: it's look, it's yeah, I just just listen to the 180 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 5: old timers and they say, if it got into this 181 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 5: spot up out in the west, he's got help. Cabargo, 182 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 5: and it's certainly done that. And yeah, you know, it's 183 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 5: it's it's it's no one's fault. But it's just it's 184 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 5: it's fuel built up out in these parks that can't 185 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 5: get touch mate, And it's as simple as that. 186 00:08:58,920 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 2: You know. 187 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 5: Control's got to come back to the local fiber gades 188 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 5: and and people like Shane who can can make these 189 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 5: calls in these mountains that need to probably have these 190 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 5: slow burns, you know, Like it's just it's horrendous what's 191 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 5: happened in the Cabargo district. It's just just unbelievable. 192 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 2: Shane, you're standing here agreeing with what Tim's saying. 193 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 4: Yeah. Look, I was down in Cabargo only yesterday, actually 194 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 4: catching up with quite a number of local people in 195 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 4: the in the recovery center there and the And as 196 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 4: a matter of fact, Tim, I think I spoke to 197 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 4: your cousin the other night, Nathan, he's down in the 198 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 4: jib correct, mind, I spoke the other night after the 199 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 4: loss of your dad and your your brother, which is 200 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 4: just tragic and it's and it is an example of 201 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 4: the family connection in a lot of these local communities, 202 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 4: and and it was a pretty emotional call speaking to 203 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 4: Nathan and his mum, who's whose name escapes. 204 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 5: Me right now. But but. 205 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 4: What what were they doing when I said to them, 206 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 4: I said, how are you coping? And how you how 207 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 4: you dealing with the loss, And they said, we're up 208 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 4: at the fire shed. We've got to keep these troops going, 209 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 4: we've got to keep the community going. They're focus. And look, 210 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,079 Speaker 4: from what I understand, Tim, all the very best. What 211 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 4: condolences I think you've got the funerals on this Friday, 212 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 4: Is that right? 213 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 5: Yeah? Correctly, My grandmother's funerals on today she passed, but yeah, 214 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 5: she passed the day after me brother, you know me, 215 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 5: and yeah, and then then my other my mother's mother, 216 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 5: she passed away. Yeah, two days two days ago. We're 217 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 5: copping a bit of a bashing. And he said, look, Mat, 218 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 5: I can tell you the Locael cruise. And and it's 219 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 5: not just all the foes. I had shere from bar 220 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 5: and By, Yeah, Bar and By. They were at more property, 221 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 5: and I like, we had sol these pits here, and 222 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 5: you know what, We're a big, big, big dairy farm. 223 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 5: And I said, gee, you're a long way from home, 224 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 5: and you know what's stuck in the morning morning about 225 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 5: all these fires. And then I said your long way 226 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 5: from home, Well, thank you very much. And he goes, mate, 227 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 5: we're here to help our brothers. And I just I 228 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 5: just yeah, I can still hearing saying that. And you know, 229 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 5: just just unbelievable, mate, the volunteers and yourself moving tim, 230 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 5: isn't it. Yeah, it's unbelievable, mate, You just sort of 231 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 5: you know, but it's got control's got to come back 232 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 5: to two people that know the landscape of these mountains, 233 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 5: and you know, like the devastation. True, he is just 234 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 5: just just happened again to him in five years, things 235 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:25,839 Speaker 5: that it change. 236 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 3: We do have to do something. Thank you Tom for 237 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 3: the funeral. You're an inspiration mate to even come on 238 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 3: and obviously you know with what's happened with your family, 239 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 3: we appreciate it a lot. I mean, Shane, you're dealing 240 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 3: with guys like Tim every single day and seeing this devastation. 241 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 3: I know you're a very humble man, Shane, and you 242 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 3: don't like the praise, but we just want to thank 243 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 3: you on behalf of our show in Australia for what 244 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 3: you've done over the last couple of months. It's been amazing, 245 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 3: you know, we we I feel like we leaders are 246 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 3: hard to find in this country at the moment and 247 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 3: you're one of the shine lights mate, So thank you 248 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 3: very much. 249 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 4: Thank you very much for that. And look, I'm blessed 250 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 4: to have a wonderful team. I've never seen the level 251 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 4: of coordination and cooperation between all the fire agencies, fire 252 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 4: and Rescue, National Parks, Forestry RFS, all our interstate colleagues 253 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 4: overseas New Zealand, United States, Canada. We've been absolutely integrated 254 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 4: working with the Commonwealth and the ADF and as you indicated. 255 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 4: We've had extraordinary political leadership here in New South Wales, 256 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 4: with the Minister and the Premier being there pretty much 257 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 4: every day fronting the media with us. And I've got 258 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 4: a job to do, there's no doubt about that. But 259 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 4: I'm backed by an enormous team far and wide right 260 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 4: across New South Wales and they've been working shoulder to 261 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 4: shoulder for many months now and it's taking a toll 262 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 4: on everybody and we're all just hoping we get some 263 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 4: decent rain over the next couple of months. 264 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 3: I's hope and pray. Thank you about what happens again 265 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 3: in this country. Mate, Thank you very much for coming in. Shane. 266 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 2: Thank you, Thanks Shane.