By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n
A local fire brigade has congratulated one of its members, after his recent completion of the CFA Structural Firefighter Course.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five-year-old Jakob Lowry is a member of the Greendale Rural Fire Brigade, and said choosing to do the course tied in with why he joined the CFA in the first place.<\/p>\n
\u201cI decided to do the course for the same reason I decided to join the CFA, I wanted to put back into the community,\u201d Mr Lowry told the Moorabool News.<\/p>\n
\u201cI joined the CFA at the same time as my father, as we are both passionate about giving back to the community. It was also a great way to spend time together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Lowry has been a firefighter for around nine years, and after a year of service as 3rd Lieutenant at Greendale, was recently voted to 2nd Lieutenant.<\/p>\n
Greendale Rural Fire Brigade thanked him via social media for making the \u201csignificant time commitment and dedication\u201d to do the course \u2013 it required multiple prerequisite courses, then seven three-hour theory classes at the Gordon Fire Station, followed by a practical section.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these [theory] classes, we went over concepts such as search and rescue, fire behaviour in structures, ventilation and more. After the theory classes we had a weekend of practical classes at the VEMTC Central Highlands training centre that went from 9 am to 5 pm. We went over everything we had learned, both in the course and knowledge from our prior experiences,\u201d Mr Lowry said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more people that we have that are trained in structural firefighting in the area, the faster we can turn-out to structural fires in Greendale and the surrounding areas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Lachlan Ellis A local fire brigade has congratulated one of its members, after his recent completion of the CFA Structural Firefighter Course. Twenty-five-year-old Jakob Lowry is a member of the Greendale Rural Fire Brigade, and said choosing to do the course tied in with why he joined the CFA in the first place. \u201cI […]<\/p>\n