This training session was to practice the techniques used to protect the firefighters from the venting gas cylinder thus allowing the firefighters to isolate and turn off the gas flow. Taken with Canon 350D. The crews are from the New South Wales Fire Brigades.
One of my most powerful works according to friends and family. Take from it what you will. Medium: Indian ink and Gray wash, Pantone markers and Photoshop CS2.
Bounded on two sides by a gravel road, a smokey farmers burn-off creates a dynamic abstract image.
Firefighters are some of the bravest people there are. It says a lot about a person, when he’s willing to put his own life on the line, to save the live of someone he doesn’t know.
A good friend who works for the NSW Fire Dept is turning 30 soon and this picture is going on all the invites :) /
last night (or tonite? havent been to bed yet) wednesday night! / our volunteer fire dept got a call about a old restaurant here in townsend (old landmark) had smoke coming out of it, the restaurant had been closed for years, and even tho a tubing company had taken it over (which has been closed for two years now), the locals still refer to it as the old restaurant / just as we got there, we could see the fire, and of course started doing our thing…putting it out / within 3-5 minutes the house was completely engulfed in flames, my first mission (believe it or not) was to put fire out, and of course thinking the whole time..man i need to get shots of this!! (yes, im addicted to photography), but as we had some backup come in, and it was my time to take a break…straight for the camera i went / and grabbed over a 100shots, going around the building / we were there getting this completely out to where it was safe to leave until 1am. / talk about a total rush, meanwhile feeling a sadness as a townsend landmark is now rubble this shot was published in the Knox News Sentinal on Jan. 25,2008 :) , Knoxville Tn’s largest newspaper. / This shot was also published in the 9-1-1 magazine for the August, September and October 2009 issue.
another shot of the fire my volunteer fire dept was putting out wednesday night..this is a old landmark that used to be a restaurant, then a river tubing company, the river tube company has been closed for two years now. this was the 4th time this building has been caught on fire, this time..its a goner, happy to say no firefighters were harmed / you could feel the heat off this thing from 25-30 foot away! but then after all died down, we all like to have frozen our “hoses” off!! temps got down below 30 degrees (F), and we were all soaked! / it was a real challenge, shooting this , because the ony light was from the fire, and the trucks, and i hand held camera for all of the shots / im happy to say out of 112 shot, i only deleted close to 10, if that here is the link to the local tv station that has put my shots on there http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=53827
firefighter and his baby
fire department shot. vallejo, ca
to date, since i have been on the volunteer fire dept here in townsend, this was the hardest fire we have fought. this was richmont inn, located in laurel valley here in townsend, along a mountain side. this blaze literally wore us out. we fought it from 9:30pm til 6:10am, and then i had to return around 8:30am and fight it more til around 11am. i had already been up for over 24hrs. i was beat. there was one more call on this fire the next day, and again, a few of us showed up to “finish her off” / this was a task within itself, the inn was about 100foot from where we had to park our truck, and carry ALL of our gear down the mountain side to it. of course we started off at night, so having to watch your step along with carrying gear or a charged hose, was a challenge. / this shot along with 7 others will soon be published in 9-1-1 magazine, four from this fire..and three shots from the fire we had exactly one month to the day in january. two of the shots are already here on RB….”my volunteer job” and “battling the blaze”
Tribute to those men and women who daily place themselves in danger to protect and save that which is precious to us…...... Proceeds from sale of this image will be donated to the Phoenix-Appeal * The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men. ~Henry David Thoreau Shot taken 30th March 2008, North Island NZ* . / WARNING / ©2008 Globalphotos All rights reserved. / All photographs, text and images by Globalphotos are the exclusive property of Globalphotos – protected under Australian and international copyright laws. / These images may not be reproduced, copied or manipulated without written permission. / No use for Public Domain. / Use of any image for another photographic concept or illustration is a violation of copyright.
The power of fire shown in an image taken at a deliberate burn of an old derelict building at Mt Burr Football Oval in South Australia. Used by the Country Fire Service as a training tool! The blue light is the reflection off of the emergency services vehicles parked nearby!
A firefighter assesses the situation as sunlight peers through the tree tops. Some of my other ‘fire’ work. / / /
Another from my fire series. This time a fire fighter begins work as sunlight streams through the smoke above. Some of my other ‘fire’ work. / / /
This is done as a salute to all firefighters. I took this with my 35mm Canon EOS Rebel XS, this was off the very first roll of film i ever put in the camera. These particular firefighters are part of the Fairfax County, VA fire department. :)
There’s fire. Tribute to those men and women who daily place themselves in danger to protect and save that which is precious to us…...... The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men. ~Henry David Thoreau Shot taken 30th March 2008, North Island NZ . / WARNING / ©2008 Globalphotos All rights reserved. / All photographs, text and images by Globalphotos are the exclusive property of Globalphotos – protected under Australian and international copyright laws. / These images may not be reproduced, copied or manipulated without written permission. / No use for Public Domain. / Use of any image for another photographic concept or illustration is a violation of copyright.
Taken during a recent training operation at the New South Wales Fire Brigades training facility at Armidale Nsw
One of the heavy fire fighting helicopters currently on standby in Australia. Some of my other ‘fire’ work. / / /
Prophecy? Four days ago I posted images on my other site (InAWE) of a bushfire near my home…. There goes the forest / and / There goes the farm Little did I know it would be almost prophetic as today it was our turn to face the horror of an out of control bushfire on the family farm – it was within 500 metres of our homes and only a shift in wind took it in a different direction or I would not be sitting here tonight writing about it. (Nor be in the mood to wander through the smoke and burned out area taking photos!) / I am so grateful to the volunteers fire fighters and the neighbours and friends who all came to help fight this fire, not to mention the police and fire brigades and three fire fighter airplanes ….. More photos can be viewed here
THIS IS A PHOTOSHOP COLLAGE DEDICATED NOT ONLY TO MY FATHER AND MY SON, WHO HAVE MANY TIMES RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE THAT OF OTHERS…. BUT A DEDICATION TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS WHO DO THE SAME DAY IN AND DAY OUT…WITH ONLY THE DESIRE TO HELP OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.
All profits from sales in February automatically go to the Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund
Dedicated to not only to my fellow firefighters in the New South Wales Fire Brigades, but all firefighters here in Australia.
This image was selected in September 2009 as a Featured Work in the group Abstract Macro Urban Art What people around the World are saying about “The Fury“ / “Great abstract. I really like your interpretation” Australia / “You can really see a story. Brilliant” United Kingdom / “Your work is great, but this is on a higher level. Utterly the best.” Canada / “Fabulous!” USA / “This is awesome….Great composition and shot!!!” Australia / “Wow! Fantastic! Amazing the stories that macros can reveal, and I can easily follow yours! Excellent color and shapes!” Quebec, Canada / “What you see in this image is so interesting.” USA Inspired by the recent wildfires in Southern California, in this image I see “fury” in two opponents. One being a massive wilderness fire raging with billows of smoke, ever menacing. The opponent being someone’s bravery making a stand with their own “fury” in an attempt to battle the blaze. In actuality, this abstract photograph is some rusted, aluminum siding splattered with tar that is being used as privacy fencing. Seen and captured in Tucson, Arizona’s Barrio Viejo district by JD Brummer.
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