True Blue Conversations - Royal Australian Armoured Corps Veteran and Current QFES Station Officer Luke Smith

True Blue Conversations Podcast

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On this week’s podcast, I speak with a former Australian Army veteran serving in the Royal Australian Infantry 2RAR and Royal Australian Armoured Corps 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment and 2nd Cavalry Regiment current Queensland Fire Service Station Officer Luke Smith.

Luke deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2011 he applied for the Queensland Fire Service for a position as a firefighter and was accepted. After finishing recruit training, he was posted to Bowen where he spent his first 13 months as a firefighter. Luke transferred to Townsville in 2013 and got heavily involved in the rescue side of fire and rescue becoming highly skilled in swift water, vertical, confined space, trench, and urban search and rescue. He is now also a state instructor for vertical rescue. After promotional courses, he attained the rank of Station Officer/OIC in 2018. In 2021 after a couple of traumatic events from service, he suffered PTSD depression, and anxiety. Luke took 12 months off and worked through that with great support from the Queensland Fire Service and found a way back, we spoke of the challenges faced by veterans and first responders and how important purpose is…

Presenter: Adam Blum Guest: Luke Smith Editor: Kyle Watkins Investigative Consultant: Adam Holloway

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