If you spend your professional life planning the best ways to protect the community, how heartbreaking would it be when you can't protect the ones you love most. Andrew Fletcher is a unit commander for the NSW SES. During last year’s bushfires, while he worked on the NSW mid north coast coordinating relief efforts in the region, his own son lost his home to bushfire on the south coast. Andrew has served in the armed forces, fought fires, floods, been on the scene at horrific road accidents on our rural highways, and through it all he has remained focussed and caring - in his own words. In his spare time he's fought for recognition for WWI nurses from his hometown of Bathurst, and has dipped his toe into natural heritage with the team at Jenolan Caves. With a life so colourfully lived, his story is one not to be missed. CREDITS Guest: Andrew Fletcher Host: Madeleine West ExecutiveProducer: Elise Cooper Editors: Hannah Bowman and Elise Cooper AudioEngineer: David Cooper LINKS Lifeline 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Soldier On, help for returned servicemen and women https://soldieron.org.au/connect-hub/ Young Diggers https://youngdiggers.com.au/ Volunteer with your SES NSW https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/volunteer/ QLD https://www.ses.qld.gov.au/volunteer/Pages/default.aspx VIC https://www.ses.vic.gov.au/volunteer SA https://www.ses.sa.gov.au/home/volunteer/ ACT https://esa.act.gov.au/ WA https://dfes.vol.org.au/ NT https://pfes.nt.gov.au/join-us/become-emergency-service-volunteer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.