Stories of our Beneficiaries

Brad, who was 21 at the time, tried to outrun the fire, but was forced to run through a wall of flames to reach unburnt ground.

Crushed, hopeless and helpless - that was Rachel Ireland's overwhelming reaction when her husband David, a volunteer, rang to say 'the house is gone'.

Ben, a CFS volunteer with the Kresbrook Brigade, helped fight the catastrophic Samson Flat fires. Upon returning the following morning to their property, Ben discovered that only the shed remained.