Interviewee:
Interviewed on:
Interviewed by:
Listen to Ross Girvan
- There is nothing we were going to be able to do here - Ross Girvan
- They sat that night out with a flagon of sherry each - Ross Girvan
- I feel we lost a lot of elderly people that could not cope - Ross Girvan
- It changed the community but that is not a bad thing - Ross Girvan
- FULL STORY - Ross Girvan
Update Required
To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
For Ross, fire is a part of life down the coast. Ross was a member of the Aireys Inlet CFA operating between Cathedral Rock and Anglesea on Ash Wednesday. He has vivid recollections of working with Bill Bubb throughout the day and night, being confronted by noise and wind and flying gravel ‘like a mini cyclone.’
Ross’s workload continued into the busy period of the recovery effort, and he recalls both positive and negative change inflicted on different generations within the community. Ross has since had a long career in fire management and continues to this day to coordinate CFA efforts and get the message out there for residents to develop a fire plan so they know what to do on extreme fire days.
