http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/our-heroes/stephen-chappell/blog.aspx en-GB Stephen Chappell Thu, 27 May 2010 04:12:56 GMT Thu, 27 May 2010 04:12:56 GMT Raccoom rss generator, website http://raccoom.sytes.net, email chrisdarebell@msn.com 120 Just a quick blog to say I have been really busy preparing for a major group back burn which will be happening around June. There are six trucks and the crew I work with is awesome. I am really liking working with The Burns Team and I don't really want it to finish! http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/our-heroes/stephen-chappell/blog/may-2010/busy-with-the-burns-team.aspx Stephen Chappell Tue, 25 May 2010 14:00:00 GMT http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/2014.aspx What a weekend I had - meet up with all the extreme weather heroes and new ones it was great, we had the heaps of guess speakers it was awesome to hear what they all had to say about what is happeneing with climate change etc. http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/our-heroes/stephen-chappell/blog/february-10/extreme-weather-heroes-weekend.aspx Stephen Chappell Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:00:00 GMT http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/1698.aspx Well this trip to Rockhampton was a bit different and a real eye opener for me and my dad yes my dad he is also in my brigade with me. I have never seen fires like this in my life when we arrived in rocky all you could see and smell was smoke everywhere we grabbed our bags and got on the bus to head for the ICC where we were going to be told where we were staying. http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/our-heroes/stephen-chappell/blog/february-10/rockhampton-deployment.aspx Stephen Chappell Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:00 GMT http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/1697.aspx Hi my name is Stephen, I’m 22 years old and live on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Since I was little, I have always wanted to be a firefighter, so when I turned 16 I joined the Queensland Rural Fire Service. Six years on and I am still in the Service and enjoy it just as much now as when I joined. I am extremely proud to be a Rural Firefighter and I am also proud to be one of the new Extreme Weather Heroes. I am looking forward to being part of a team that encourages volunteering and promotes the importance of taking care of our planet. http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/our-heroes/stephen-chappell/blog/december-09/new-kid-on-the-block.aspx Stephen Chappell Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/1643.aspx Well all 16 of us left on the Thursday from Brisbane airport which was fun. If we didn’t know each other before then – we certainly did afterwards. When we arrived at Townsville airport we were greeted then we went back to the hotel and we had a small talk of what had been happening before we had arrived. Then the next day we went to the fire station where we were getting our trucks and ourselves organized. http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/our-heroes/stephen-chappell/blog/december-09/townsvile-deployment.aspx Stephen Chappell Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/1647.aspx To start off - my time away at Kingaroy was great. I worked with such a great team while I was away. To begin with we were there to take over from the tired local crews. We were waiting for the fire to come to us as it wasn’t in an area we could access. But in the end the 1st officer and I ended up stopping a fire the size of half a basket ball field with a gum tree branch. We were impressed. Then we mopped up for the rest off the time and ended coming home late that night. http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/our-heroes/stephen-chappell/blog/december-09/kingaroy-deployment.aspx Stephen Chappell Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.extremeweatherheroes.org/1645.aspx