Hugh Scott has been a member of the Rural Fire Service for 35 years.
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On Saturday the Cargo brigade firefighter was one of 18 volunteers to join a strike team, which was deployed to help fight fires in northern NSW.
“It’s just to give everybody a break up there,” Mr Scott said.
“I’m a semi-retired farmer so I’ve got time and a fair bit of experience, it’s an opportunity to help somebody out.
“As a farmer, usually you want to protect you property, most farmers usually join the RFS.”
Mr Scott previously served with the Bolygamy brigade near West Wyalong.
His is now a member of the Cargo brigade and said the volunteers from that brigade are often called out, but mostly to attend car accidents on Cargo Road.
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I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
