Sarah Black

Live or Hot fire training is invaluable for firefighters, none more so than rookies who haven’t yet heard and felt the intensity of serious fire.

As a new fire season approaches, for many the last is still scorching, as lives continue to be rebuilt and still blackened forests serve as a daily reminder of horror and tragedy.

The story behind the images... Bright brigade lights up a few old cars and turns out to to practice.

From the archives: March 2009 - It’s winter, things are quiet on the wild fire front and we are all starting to look ahead to the next fire season, while we still digest the last.