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Firefighters can become dehydrated very quickly while fighting fires.

Staying hydrated is key

Firefighters can become dehydrated very quickly while fighting fires.

Read this poster about the effects of Dehydration

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Imagine you are on the fireground and you start to feel faint, what would you do?

Look out for each other. If you are feeling thirsty, it is likely that the people around you are also thirsty.

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  • Fighting fires,
  • Fire fighters,
  • Major bush fires,
  • Recover,
  • People,
  • Blue Mountains bush fires

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Intel
Actor Ben Lawson, who has starred in Modern Family, Firefly Lane, 13 Reasons Why, wrote this poem in Los Angeles where he has lived since 2008, as a love letter to his burning homeland.
From a single lightning strike to Australia's largest bush fire
On Monday 3 February 2020 this special bush fire edition of Four Corner first went to air on ABC Television.
#1 FACT

For frontline firefighting, firefighters must drink at least a litre each hour.

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