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Speaker 1: When I grow up, I want to be a firefighter.

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Speaker 2: What does being a firefighter mean to you?

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Speaker 1: They saved the world and put out fires and help everyone.

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Speaker 3: When I grow up, wanna be a pilot with your

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Speaker 3: uniform white, always flying high up in the sky. When

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Speaker 3: I grow up, I want to be a firefighter putting

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Speaker 3: out flames, or maybe a police officer keeping people safe.

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Speaker 4: It's so fun to learn what you can be growing up,

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Speaker 4: growing up.

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Speaker 3: When I grow up, I want to be an artist

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Speaker 4: Wanna be a scientist that does experimvents. Oh, so many

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Speaker 4: people you will be growing up? Growing up? Yeah, growing up,

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Speaker 4: growing up, growing up?

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Speaker 2: Hi, and welcome to Growing Up with Emily, a lingo

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Speaker 2: kids podcast helping amazing kids to grow up and be

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Speaker 2: even more amazing. And Emily, it's me. You know, as

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Speaker 2: a kid, I was always asked what do you want

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Speaker 2: to be when you grow up?

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Speaker 1: I wanted to be.

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Speaker 2: So many things. Does that sound familiar? Then? I am

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Speaker 2: glad you were listening, because you are going to find

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Speaker 2: out what it takes to be anything you want. Are

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Speaker 2: you ready to make public safety your superpower?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Grow in up Bay.

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Speaker 2: Last episode we met Autumn a police officer who dedicates

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Speaker 2: her life to coaching and supporting other female law enforcement.

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Speaker 2: Today we're exploring an equally dangerous and exciting job.

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Speaker 1: Did you hear that that's a fire alarm?

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Speaker 2: Do you like to help when there's trouble? If you've

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Speaker 2: dreamed of being a firefighter, you won't want to miss

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Speaker 2: this episode. Today we're going to meet a real firefighter

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Speaker 2: in Australia. Right now, things are heating up around here.

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Speaker 2: It appears there's a fire in the building, rowing up,

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Speaker 2: rowing up. Firefighters are some of the bravest people. Some volunteer,

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Speaker 2: they don't even get paid to do the job.

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Speaker 1: Wow.

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Speaker 2: We often think of men and fireproof gear sliding down

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Speaker 2: red fire truck to race to a fire. That's mostly true.

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Speaker 2: But but women can be firefighters too.

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Speaker 1: That's right.

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Speaker 2: In the US and Australia, about five out of every

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Speaker 5: It's a tough job, it certainly is. Do you know

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Speaker 5: what they have to do put out fires? Of course, yes,

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Speaker 5: of course that's part of the job.

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Speaker 2: When firefighters are not hosing down a wildfire or burning building,

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Speaker 2: they're treating sick or injured people and responding to all

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Speaker 2: sorts of emergencies. One unique thing about firefighters is that

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Speaker 2: they can be on duty for a few days, so

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Speaker 2: they spend the night at the fire station.

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Speaker 1: Why a home away from home?

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Speaker 2: Yep?

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Speaker 1: Do they have chores? Also? Sure?

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Speaker 2: Do they sweep, mop, throw out the trash, do laundry,

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Speaker 2: and wash the fire trucks. They even take terence cooking.

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Speaker 1: Do they get to relax? Of course?

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Speaker 2: They also spend time at schools and in the community.

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Speaker 2: Firefighters are called first responders. They show up to an

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Speaker 1: The firetruck is around.

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Speaker 2: See them back. They've hooked up a hose to the

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Speaker 2: fire hydrant and are about to spray the fire. Hey,

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Speaker 2: here's a quick joke. What happened to the firefighter the

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Speaker 2: third time she was late to work? I don't know

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Speaker 2: what she got fired? Wow? Oh, it looks like the

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Speaker 2: fire was quickly put out. Phew, nobody was hurt. As

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Speaker 2: the firefighters wrap things up, let's see if one will

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Speaker 2: talk with us. Are you ready to meet a real firefighter?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? They all have their names on the back of

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Speaker 2: In dangerous situations, It's really important that the crew can

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Speaker 1: That's smart. Let's see if Adam will talk with us.

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Speaker 2: Hi, there, Adam, I'm with Lingo kids and we want

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Speaker 2: to find out what it takes to be a firefighter.

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Speaker 2: Can we ask some questions?

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Speaker 1: Great.

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Speaker 2: First off, how long have you been a firefighter?

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Speaker 7: I've been a firefighter for seven years now, but I'm

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Speaker 7: a volunteer firefighter with the Country Fire Service in South Australia.

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Speaker 1: What does a volunteer firefighter mean?

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Speaker 6: We get trained. We have a fire station like every

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Speaker 7: We are a brigade, fire trucks, all the safety equipment.

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Speaker 6: We just also live normal lives, so we all have

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Speaker 7: We basically carry around a pager and we have an

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Speaker 7: app on our phone. If there's an emergency, we get

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Speaker 2: What are three things all firefighters need?

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Speaker 6: Training? Everyone needs to be trained to be a firefighter.

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Speaker 7: You also need to have safety equipment and the willingness

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Speaker 7: to do some things that people would normally feel comfortable doing,

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Speaker 7: like going to danger instead of running away from danger.

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Speaker 1: Wow, I have never thought of it that way.

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Speaker 2: That's really interesting, Adam. Maybe you can give us some

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Speaker 2: tips at the end on how our listeners can start

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Speaker 2: learning some of this. We also receive some excellent questions

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Speaker 2: from our Lingo Kids listeners.

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Speaker 1: How can you put out the fire on your own,

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Speaker 7: So body pairs, you'll always have someone watching over them,

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Speaker 7: looking out for danger that they might not be seeing.

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Speaker 1: I can be your buddy and they can be eyes.

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Speaker 3: Adam.

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Speaker 1: How do you stand the heat?

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Speaker 7: We have like firefighting boots, We've got personal protective equipment.

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Speaker 7: We have rural fighter fighting fire fighting gear, which is

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Speaker 7: a bit lightweight. We also have structural firefighting gear which

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Speaker 7: is much thicker, is quite heavy, thick gloves. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 7: and then you've also got a gas cylinder oxygen cylinder

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Speaker 1: I wonder if I could carry all this and fight

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Speaker 7: If you can't, if you're not strong enough to lift

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Speaker 6: The top of person to be to be doing it basically.

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Speaker 7: So, but we have a lot of female firefighters and

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Speaker 1: Adam, what's more dangerous a wildfire or a fire in

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Speaker 6: It's a hard one.

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Speaker 7: I would probably prefer a wildfire or no one prefers

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Speaker 7: very much present their own dangers. Yeah, wildfires, bush fires

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Speaker 1: That is scary.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes you are risking your life to save animals, sometimes

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Speaker 2: to save people. What difference does it mean to you?

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Speaker 7: We have a rule so our life, our safety comes first,

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Speaker 7: then preservation of life, so you know, if it's safe

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Speaker 6: So saving wildlife is.

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Speaker 7: Very much We all love animals, so yeah, it's very

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Speaker 1: I love little koalas, Adam, do you get to see koalas.

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Speaker 7: About three years ago, we were tasked to look after

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Speaker 7: So while we were there, the fire was sort of

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Speaker 6: So one of the guys grabbed it and followed her

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Speaker 7: She opened the door to a laundry and there were

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Speaker 6: So, yeah, it was actually strange.

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Speaker 7: To see so many koalas and we weren't expecting that whatsoever.

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Speaker 1: Tell me if they all survived.

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Speaker 7: Yes, yes, So later one we found out that they

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Speaker 7: saved fourteen koalas that day, so they all were found

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Speaker 1: Hooray. When they do decide you wanted to be a

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Speaker 7: Was a big fire in my area probably eight years ago,

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Speaker 6: All we could do is just watch the fire go

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Speaker 7: But and after that fire, I sort of said, well,

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Speaker 7: you know, if I can certainly help, so why not?

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Speaker 6: Why not help? So seven years later, here we are.

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Speaker 2: What can kids do now while they're still growing up

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Speaker 7: Well, there's I'm sure there's always cadet programs.

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Speaker 6: There's always always a drive to have kids.

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Speaker 7: Get involved in learning fire safety and the behavior of fire.

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Speaker 7: So fire awareness is very important, learning ways to be

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Speaker 7: prepared for fires. How can you make your house as

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Speaker 7: case you can't get away?

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Speaker 1: True? Once we had a firefighter coming to school to

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Speaker 7: So if people want to get in I'd just look

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Speaker 7: to offer for young cadets to get involved.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Adam. Being a firefighter, or even a volunteer firefighter,

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Speaker 2: is not for the faint of heart. I'm sure you

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Speaker 2: got our listeners thinking you. We hope you enjoyed this

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Speaker 2: episode of the grown Up Podcast, even if you never

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Speaker 2: planned to be a firefighter. It's great to get in

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Speaker 2: firefighters shape, So go on, get active and tune in

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Speaker 2: next time when we meet a real doctor.

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Speaker 5: for endless fun.

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Speaker 4: It's so fun to learn what you can be growing up,

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Speaker 4: growing up, So come and join us. Come everyone, so

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Speaker 4: we can learn while having lots of fun. Because it's

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Speaker 4: so fun to learn what you can be. Yes, it's

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