Australia's special dependency on volunteers to battle bushfires
- Written by Michelle Cull, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University
Australia’s unprecedented bushfires have cemented its rural firefighters at the heart of the nation’s identity.
It’s not just that these men and women put themselves in the line of fire. It’s that these “firies” are almost all volunteers, battling blazes for sheer love of their local community.
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